EAdIElection Administration Index
How professionally and independently is election administration codified?
Dimensions
Accountability
25.0% · 1/2| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COI.1Conflict-of-interest disclosureAre commissioners and senior election staff required by statute to disclose financial interests (vendor relationships, party positions, candidate connections) publicly? | 0.5/150.0% | Чл. 51(2)(7) codifies early termination of CEC members upon a finding of conflict of interest under the general Conflict of Interest Law; addresses COI enforcement via cross-reference but does not directly codify a public financial-interest disclosure regime. “влизане в сила на акт, с който е установен конфликт на интереси” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COI.2Judicial review of administrative decisionsIs the right to seek judicial review of election-authority decisions codified, with standing, timeline, and venue defined? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
Commission
20.0% · 1/5| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMM.1Statutory grounding of commissionIs the election commission's existence and core mandate set in the constitution (rather than statute alone, regulation, or executive order)? | 0/20.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 341 codifies regional commission database creation; not commission grounding. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COMM.2Multi-branch appointmentAre commission members appointed by multiple branches (legislature, judiciary, executive) such that no single branch unilaterally controls composition? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 133 codifies party registration documents; not commission appointment. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 51 codifies CEC member fixed 5-year term with 8 enumerated grounds for early termination (resignation, conviction, incapacity, COI, etc.). New appointments scheduled 1-3 months before term expiration; members continue serving until successors are sworn in. “Мандатът на членовете на комисията е 5 години” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 109 codifies the appeals path for overseas section commission decisions to CEC; not political balance. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Funding
0.0% · 0/4| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUND.1Independent funding lineIs the election authority's budget a separate statutory line item (not subject to mid-cycle reallocation by the executive branch alone)? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| FUND.2Multi-year funding cycleAre election infrastructure budgets set on a multi-year cycle (avoiding annual political renegotiation of election-administration money)? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| FUND.3Foreign funding prohibitionIs foreign-source funding of the election authority (and election administration vendors, where applicable) prohibited by statute? | 0/20.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 168 codifies a comprehensive ban on foreign-source funding for CAMPAIGNS: foreign individuals (except EU citizens with voting rights), foreign governments, foreign state enterprises, foreign commercial companies, foreign non-profits. Comprehensive direct + indirect ban for campaign-finance, but this is the wrong target — FUND.3 asks about funding of the election authority itself, not campaigns. The CEC is funded by Bulgarian state budget; no foreign-funding mechanism for the authority is codified in the surfaced candidates. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Staff Training
50.0% · 2/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFF.1Career professional staffIs the election authority's career staff (professional employees, not political appointees) protected by civil-service or analogous merit-based statute? | 0.5/150.0% | Чл. 103 codifies that the CEC appoints one civil servant (or person employed in state administration) to each overseas section commission, proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Codifies career-staff designation for overseas sections, partial coverage of the broader election-authority staff. “Централната избирателна комисия назначава във всяка секционна избирателна комисия по един държавен служител” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 56 codifies that the CEC establishes a training unit that organizes and conducts training of commission members; rules and training plan published on the CEC website. Distance-learning permitted for overseas commission members. “Централната избирателна комисия създава обучително звено, което организира и провежда обучението” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 186 codifies removal/seizure of campaign materials; not whistleblower protection. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Vendor Oversight
33.3% · 1/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERT.1Certification process codifiedIs the voting-equipment certification process (criteria, evaluators, timeline, public-comment period) codified in statute or regulation? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 213а codifies state ownership of machine-voting equipment with multi-agency certification by the Ministry of Electronic Governance + Bulgarian Standardization Institute + Bulgarian Metrology Institute, with party/observer/Academy access to source code under CEC-set procedure, and 20-business-day certification window. “Техническите устройства за машинно гласуване са държавна собственост” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |