How technology is used in relation to paper voter lists?

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Answer
Technology is used instead of paper voter lists
Source

ELECTION CODE
Promulgated, State Gazette No.19 (Amended on March 7th 2017)

Article 263
Voter Identification

263.1 Voters shall establish the identify thereof to the chairperson or a member of the commission, designated by a decision of the said commission before the opening of the polls, by producing an identity card or, applicable only to voters who have not replaced the personal documents thereof under the terms established by § 9a of the Transitional and Final Provisions of the Bulgarian Personal Documents Act, an internal (green) passport. In the cases where the validity of the internal(green) passport or the identity card has expired or the said passport or card is damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen or in a process of being issued, the voter shall be admitted to voting if he or she presents a certificate of issuing of personal documents.

Article 264
Entry of Voter’s Particulars on Electoral Roll

264.1 The chairperson or a member designated by a decision of the commission shall check the particulars of the identity document produced by the voter or, respectively, of the certificate referred to in sentence two of Article 263 (1) or (2) herein, against the particulars on the electoral roll(the roll) and shall enter the Standard Public Registry Personal Number and the type and number of the identity document or, respectively, the number of the certificate referred to in sentence two of Article 263 (1) or (2) herein, on the electoral roll(the roll) and shall admit the voter to voting.

Comment

The electoral law provides for the use of electronic poll books. However, it is not possible to confirm if those poll books are used in all the polling stations.

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