A total of 53 experts are provided by the Ministry of e-Governance and other administrations for the upcoming sample inspection of the voting machines, which is conducted by the Central Election Commission (CEC). This was reported at the regular meeting convened by Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev for the preparation of the upcoming October 27 vote, the government press service announced.
The Minister of Electronic Government, Valentin Mundrov, expressed an expectation that nearly a third of the machines will be checked, which will be a significantly higher number of checked devices compared to the previous elections. An inspection is also to be done on the machines that will be sent for voting abroad.
Regarding the real-time video surveillance and video recording after the end of the election day in the sectional election commissions, Minister Mundrov stated that from today the phased transportation of the devices will begin, observing the previously determined schedule. Within at the meeting, the Minister of Innovation and Growth, Rosen Karadimov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivan Kondov, reported that all activities related to the preparation of the elections in the country and abroad, respectively, are being carried out on time, the government press service informed.