Issue of Certificates

(1) Upon conduct of elections of Members of Parliament, of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria Non-Resident Voting Certificates shall be issued only by:

1. the candidates for the respective type of election;
2. the members of the Central Electoral Commission;
3. (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) the members of the regions election commissions;
4. the observers .

(2) Non-Resident Voting Certificates shall be issued upon submission of an application according to a form. The persons shall declare in the application that they will vote once only.
(3) Non-Resident Voting Certificates shall be issued by the authorities referred to in Art. 23, Para. 1 in a single copy not later than 14 days in advance of election day.
(4) The Non-Resident Voting Certificates shall be received against a signature or through a authorized person with an authorized power of attorney
(5) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The authority referred to in Art. 23, Para. 1 exercising jurisdiction over the permanent address shall transmit information on issued non-residential voting certificates to the Directorate General of Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works not later than 12 days in advance of election day for the automated removal of the person from the electoral lists according to the permanent address.
(6) Upon conduct of elections of Municipal councillors and for Mayors Non-Resident Voting Certificates shall not be issued.
(7) Where after issue of Non-Resident Voting Certificates the Municipal administration of the voter’s permanent address receives the message about his entry in the election list on permanent address, it shall with no delay notify the Municipal administration of present address about the issued Non-Resident Voting Certificate. In this case the voter shall be deleted from the election lists of present address by the Municipal administration of present address, and in the "remarks" column the reason for deletion shall be entered: "Issued Non-Resident Voting Certificate".