After the darkest elections in most recent history - April 2023, we now have a difference in reported votes. Even in the decision of the CEC, controls are not tied.
Stefan Manov from the Public Council of the CEC stated this to BNR.
Systemic deficits in electoral practice are worrying, he believes.
In more than 50% of the SIC, the counting operations are not carried out according to the methodological instructions and are taking place with a lot of violations, Manov pointed out, referring to the opinion of the Public Council on the early elections held on October 27.
In his words, the mass non-compliance with the methodological instructions of the SEC – "with the ballots pouring in, counting, everyone pulls somewhere", is a reason that can globally affect the integrity of the vote.
"When video surveillance was introduced, I was very skeptical, but I see that it illuminated some things and it makes sense,", Stefan Manov also noted.
The differences observed between the protocols and the video surveillance were also registered before these elections, he reminded.
"Now these 21 votes that were missing for "Greatness" stirred both politicians and journalists. We managed to find 10-15 sections in which, apart from "Greatness", there are differences for BSP, MECH, and PP-DB. From the BNT report, 28 votes were found missing for "Greatness", we increased them to 43. In some sections, preferences for "Greatness" are marked but there are no votes for them."
In some sections there is "slippage" of votes on adjacent lines. There are accidental mistakes in copying, but there are also mistakes that are deliberate, as well as pure manipulations, commented Stefan Manov in the show "Before all".
When there is 100% machine voting, "slippage" there is none in the machine. There are no remakes either – for example, the number 7 converted to a unit. If the votes are counted by machine, even if the paper vote is retained, all these "slippages" and frank manipulations are impossible, emphasized the member of the CEC Executive Board.
The record holder for the weakest machine voting is DPS – A new beginning, followed by GERD. The most active with the machines were the voters of ITN and PP-DB. At "Revival" and MECH also has a considerable percentage of machine users, but they do not exceed 50%, explained Manov.