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Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The replacement of election commission members without justification or after a reasonable deadline prior to election day should not be permitted. As with District Election Commission members, Precinct Election Commission member nominations should require the consent of the nominees. The Central Election Commission could consider creating a roster of trained and experienced election administrators to facilitate replacements.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to conducting independent verification and certification of information and communication technology-based systems to ensure confidence in the process.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Candidacy restrictions based on residency, criminal conviction, or intellectual or psycho-social disabilities should be reviewed in line with OSCE commitments, international standards and good practice.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Measures to encourage the inclusion of women as candidates, such as a system linking public funding of parties to concrete inclusivity measures, could be considered. Political parties should consider internal steps such as conducting a gender audit, with an aim to review current intra-party practices that curb equitable representation of women within party structures.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Bulgaria
2024
Early election
EET
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance women’s participation in political life, institutions, political parties and other stakeholders should increase efforts to address existing gender stereotypes and reduce the gender gap both through regulatory measures and advocacy.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
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
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