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Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To strengthen the electoral participation of persons with disabilities, political parties should provide their programmes, campaign messages and materials in formats appropriate, accessible and easy to understand by persons with various types of disabilities. Legal requirement or financial incentives could be introduced to encourage accessible campaign content.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance the transparency of campaign finance, consideration could be given to requiring disclosure and reporting of campaign expenditure prior to election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure effective campaign finance oversight, the mandate of the National Audit Office should be expanded to include the power to proactively monitor and disclose potential unreported donations and expenditures, and to impose and publish sanctions.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Authorities should consider implementing measures to limit media concentration, in order to stimulate the development of media pluralism and diversity, including by enforcing existing legislation against media monopolies and dominant market position.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To foster the editorial freedom of public service media, consideration could be given to revising the strict equal participation rule or limiting its application to special election broadcasts only, granting public service media greater editorial independence in covering the election campaign in regular news and information programmes.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Bulgaria
2023
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Any substantial amendments to electoral legislation should be adopted through an inclusive and consultative process, well in advance of the next elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Legal Framework and Electoral System
Bulgaria
2023
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Any introduction or change to election technologies should allow sufficient time for piloting, auditing, and certification of equipment and its functioning. The supporting documentation should be publicly available and election observers should have access to all aspects of introduction and use of the election technology.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
New Voting Technologies
Bulgaria
2023
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Special temporary measures should be introduced to promote women’s representation in elected office. These could include legislative requirements to place women in electable positions, gender-based assessments, training and capacity building programmes, and incentives for media and political parties to promote and increase gender equality.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Bulgaria
2023
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Allegations of intimidation, coercion and vote buying should be examined promptly and effectively, and those responsible should be held accountable. Relevant authorities should educate voters on their rights and safeguards in place, and adopt measures to encourage reporting and providing evidence of any pressure, inducements, or other unlawful interference.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Bulgaria
2023
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure effective campaign finance oversight, the National Audit Office mandate and resources should be expanded to include monitoring of campaign finance and enquiry into potential breaches, such as unreported income and expenditure. Where this results in the identification of violations, effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions should be imposed for any violations.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
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