Taking Delivery of Electoral Papers and Materials

(1) On pre-election day a section election commission shall receive from the Municipal administration and from the regional or Municipal election commission:

1. ballot boxes, including special boxes for machine voting and separate boxes for the leaflet with the number of the ballot paper;


2. books of voting paper ballots sealed in a manner set by the Central Election Commission; the first and last serial numbers on the ballots in a book shall be entered in the protocol for handover of the electoral papers and materials referred to in Para. 4;


3. an electoral list;


4. a blank form of a list for additional entry of attendants;


5. a blank form of a list of persons who have received a photocopy of the signed tally sheet for the relevant type of elections;


6. a list of persons deleted from the electoral poll;


7. (amend. - SG 21/19, in force from 12.03.2019) a tally sheet form of the section election commission; the serial number of the tally sheet shall be entered in the Acceptance Protocol of the election papers and materials under Para. 4; if there is a difference in the serial numbers of the individual sheets of the tally sheet, this circumstance shall be written down; the tally sheet form shall be submitted in a sealed envelope in such a way that only the serial number can be seen; the envelope is stamped and signed by the members of the regional or municipal election commission, and is to be opened when the election day has ended, the votes have been counted and the draft of the tally sheet has been filled in;


8. blank forms of drafts for recording the results of the counting of the preferences for the candidates of the political parties and coalitions in elections for MPs, members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and Municipal councillors;


9. blank forms of drafts of the tally sheets of the section election commission;


10. a seal of the section election commission;


11. a protocol for marking the seal of the section election commission;


12. samples of the declarations to be submitted for the respective type of elections pursuant to this Code;


13. the insignia of the members of the section election commissions referred to under Art. 231;


14. equipment and consumables and other auxiliary technical materials.

(2) On pre-election day the section election commission shall take delivery of the technical devices and all other electoral papers and materials required for machine voting following a procedure set by the Central Election Commission.

(3) On pre-election day the mobile section election commission shall take delivery from the Municipal administration and from the regional or Municipal election commission of the electoral papers and materials referred to in Para. 1, p. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14, as well as:

1. a list for voting by means of a mobile voting box;


2. a seal of the mobile section election commission;


3. a protocol for marking the seal of the mobile section election commission.

(4) The chairperson of the section election commission, respectively of the mobile section election commission, a member of the said commission designated by the regional or Municipal election commission and the Municipality Mayor, the borough Mayor or the Mayoralty Mayor or an official of the Municipal administration designated by them with an order shall sign a protocol for handover of the electoral roll or of the a list for voting by means of a mobile voting box, as the case may be, and a protocol for handover of the electoral papers and materials referred to under Para. 1, p. 1, 2, 4 – 14, respectively under Para. 1, p. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 and Para. 3, p. 2 and 3. In case of non-appearance of the chairperson of the section election commission, respectively of the mobile section election commission, the deputy chairperson of the commission shall take delivery of the electoral papers and the materials and shall sign the protocols. The protocols shall be drawn up and signed in three identical copies: one for each of the precinct election commission, the constituency or Municipal election commission, and the Municipality (or region, applicable to cities subdivided into regions).

(5) The seal of the section election commission referred to under Para. 1, p. 10, respectively the seal of the mobile section election commission referred to under Para. 3, p. 2, shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, that shall be signed by the persons referred to in Para. 4 at the time of its receipt and shall be opened upon the opening of the polls at the polling stations. Upon the completion of the voting the seal shall be placed and closed in an envelope, which shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the commission.

(6) After the signing of the protocols the responsibility for safe-keeping the electoral papers and materials shall rest with the chairperson of the section election commission or of the mobile section election commission.