Registration of Election Agents

(1) (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The election agents shall be registered prior to the election day on the basis of an application signed the person representing the political party or by the persons representing the coalition of political parties or expressly authorised by them. The application of the nomination committee shall be signed by the person representing the nomination committee. In the cases where the application is submitted by authorised persons, the relevant authorisation shall also be presented. The application shall be accompanied by a list signed by the persons as referred to in sentence one or two, containing the names and the Uniform Number, and, respectively, another identifying number for the persons who are not Bulgarian citizens, of the persons to be registered as election agents, and a declaration by the persons that they meet the requirements of Art. 117, Para 3.
(2) The registration of the election agents shall be made by the regional or Municipal election commission subject to the requirement of Art. 117, Para. 4.
(3) The registration of the election agents abroad shall be made by the Central Election Commission subject to the requirement of Art. 117, Para. 5.
(4) Election agent may be replaced by an additionally registered election agent in the cases where the election agent may not exercise his rights or where a proposal has been made by the respective party, coalition of political parties or nomination committee. The total number of such additional election agents per each candidate list of a party, coalition of political parties and a nomination committee may be up to one third from the number of polling stations in the respective region (borough). The region or Municipal election commission shall register the election agent according to the procedure of Para. (1) herein and shall issue a certificate thereto. The certificate of the replaced election agent shall be annulled. Any such replacement shall be added on the public register of the election agents without delay.
(5) Upon conduct of new election for President, Vice president of the Republic in the cases under Art. 93, Para. 4, of the Constitution, respectively a second round in elections for Mayor, the registration, made by the Central election Commission, the regional or Municipal election commission of the election agents of candidate lists of political parties, coalition of political parties and nomination committees for the first election or the first round shall preserve its force. Between the two elections or rounds of elections, new election agents may also be registered.