9353 are the sections with equipment in our country, there are another 157 abroad
The elections on Sunday will be the most scrutinized so far, it became clear at the last meeting with Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, dedicated to the preparation of the vote.
Twice as many IT specialists from the state administration are authenticating machine voting devices compared to the previous time. At the request of the CEC, the cabinet provided 53 experts to determine whether the installed software meets the requirements and to determine the hash code of the equipment.
By October 23, more than 1,000 machines have been checked and the number will increase, in June, on a sample basis, about 670 machines passed the tests.
Machines will be used to vote in 9353 sections in the country, in some of them there will be two devices. There is no technique in places where the electoral lists have less than 299 names.
There will be 719 sections abroad, distributed in 57 countries, with the most in Turkey – 167. There will be machine voting in 157 sections outside, and the software installation of 150 of them has already been checked by state experts.
A total of 28 formations are fighting for political representation in the 51st National Assembly (what were the results of some of them, see on the graph).
A total of 4,858 people are fighting for the 240 seats in the parliament, one of whom was nominated by an initiative committee as an independent candidate. The tendency for men to outnumber women is also confirmed – 3480 against 1378.