EAIElectoral Access Index
How accessible is the franchise under codified procedure?
Dimensions
Administration
100.0% · 1/1| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMIN.1Election administration independenceIs the election administration body's independence (appointment by multiple branches, fixed terms, balanced political composition) codified in statute or constitution? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 46 codifies the CEC as an INDEPENDENT STATE ORGAN, juridical person with primary-budget status, 15 members proposed by parliamentary parties/coalitions and appointed by presidential decree after public consultations. Multi-source nomination + executive appointment + independent status codified. “Създава се Централна избирателна комисия за произвеждане на всички видове избори, която е независим държавен орган” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Eligibility
0.0% · 0/5| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIG.1Age and residency in constitutionAre the minimum age and residency requirements for voting set in the constitution (rather than statute alone)? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 242а codifies consequences of non-voting; not constitutional age/residency requirements. Bulgarian Constitution Чл. 42 sets 18+ voter age but is not surfaced in this FTS candidate set. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ELIG.2Disqualification frameworkIf voters can be disqualified (felony, mental incompetence), are the criteria and the duration codified in statute, with a defined restoration procedure? | 0/30.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 18 codifies the election competent organ and budget plan; not voter disqualification. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ELIG.3Restoration of voting rightsWhere rights are lost (e.g., post-felony), is the procedure for restoration codified, with statutory deadlines and automatic restoration where applicable? | 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 |
Identification
80.0% · 4/5| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID.1Statutory groundingIf ID is required at any point in voting, is the requirement set in statute rather than regulation? If no ID is required, is that explicit in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 263 codifies the statutory voter-ID requirement: identification by personal ID card or green passport before commission chair/designated member. Statutory grounding. “Избирателят удостоверява самоличността си пред председателя или член на комисията” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ID.2Enumerated acceptable IDsAre the acceptable ID forms exhaustively enumerated in statute, not left to administrator discretion? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 263 enumerates acceptable IDs: personal ID card, green passport (for those who haven't replaced old documents), and for expired/lost/stolen/in-process IDs: certificate of ID issuance. For overseas voters: passport, ID card, or military card per Bulgarian Personal Documents Act. For ships: passenger ID/passport or sailor's passport. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ID.3Free alternative IDIf government-issued ID is required, is a free state-issued ID available by statute to anyone who lacks one? | 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 |
| ID.4At-polls cure procedureIs the cure procedure for a voter who arrives without ID (provisional ballot, affidavit, return-with-ID, signature match) defined in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 264(4) codifies the at-polls cure: 'Ако избирателят не е вписан в избирателния списък... но има право да гласува, след проверка в списъка на заличените лица всички негови данни се вписват в допълнителната страница на избирателния списък' — voter not on list but eligible gets added on supplementary page after check. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ID.5Rejection appeal procedureIs the appeal procedure for a rejected ID (or rejected provisional ballot due to ID) codified in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 39 codifies the appeal procedure for exclusion from voter list before election day: refusal-to-include appealed to administrative court within 24 hours, court decides within 24 hours, decision is final and non-appealable. “Списъкът на заличените лица се публикува на интернет страницата на съответната община не по-късно от 10 дни преди изборния ден” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Registration
57.1% · 4/7| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| REG.1Statutory registration deadlineIs the registration cutoff relative to election day defined by statute (not regulation or administrative directive)? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 67 codifies early termination of commission mandate; not voter registration deadline. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| REG.2Enumerated registration methodsAre the available registration methods (in-person, mail, online, motor-voter, automatic, same-day where applicable) exhaustively enumerated in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 36 codifies the current-address inclusion request: voter with different permanent/current addresses can request inclusion in list by current address up to 14 days before election day (written application or electronic via GRAO). | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| REG.3Cure procedure for incomplete registrationDoes statute define a cure procedure when a registration is rejected as incomplete? | 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 |
| REG.4Rejection challenge rightIs the voter's right to challenge a rejected or removed registration codified in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 45 codifies the appeal procedure for refusal of inclusion: notice given immediately, 2-day window to appeal to administrative court, court decides within 2 days, decision is final and non-appealable. “Отказът за вписване в избирателния списък се съобщава на заявителя незабавно и може да се обжалва пред съответния административен съд” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| REG.5Roll-maintenance criteria in statuteAre the criteria for removing voters from rolls (death, change of address, inactivity) defined in statute, not regulation? | 1/250.0% | Чл. 38 codifies comprehensive criteria for the struck-off list: persons under interdict, persons serving prison sentence, persons registered at current address elsewhere, persons with vote-elsewhere certificates, persons in alternative lists, residents in non-EU countries (for EP elections), 6+ months abroad (for municipal). Statutory enumeration of strike-off criteria. “Списъкът съдържа имената, единия граждански номер и основанието за заличаването” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| REG.6Pre-purge notice & cure periodIs a statutory notice-and-opportunity-to-cure required before a voter is removed from the rolls? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 39 codifies the pre-purge notice path: struck-off list published 10 days before election day, with statutory exclusion-request procedure and 24-hour administrative court appeal. Public-internet publication + statutory cure. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Roll Integrity
50.0% · 1/1| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROLL.1Voter-data security & breach notificationIs the data security regime for the voter registry (encryption requirements, breach notification, access logs) codified in statute? | 0.5/150.0% | Чл. 86 codifies municipal commission transparency duties: public website publication of decisions, full minutes, results, scanned section protocols, but specifying 'при спазване изискванията за защита на личните данни' (data protection compliance). Partial security framework — public access carve-outs codified, no specific encryption/breach-notification standards. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Voter Assistance
33.3% · 1/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIST.1Language assistance thresholdAre the triggers for language assistance (bilingual ballots, language-minority population thresholds) codified 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 |
| ASSIST.2Disability assistanceIs the right to be assisted in voting by a person of the voter's choosing — and the rules for who may assist — codified in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 236 codifies the right of voters with vision/hearing/other disabilities to vote with an accompanist NOMINATED BY THE VOTER ('придружител, посочен от избирателя'). Accompanist data recorded in voter list and 'Notes' column. Чл. 236(4) expressly excludes illiteracy as ground for accompanist assistance. “председателят на комисията може да разреши гласуването да се извърши с помощта на придружител” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| ASSIST.3Illiteracy assistanceIs assistance for voters who cannot read codified, with a defined procedure protecting ballot secrecy? | 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 |
Voting Methods
33.3% · 2/6| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM.1In-person polling-place hoursAre polling-place opening and closing hours set by statute (not local administrative discretion)? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 434 codifies data entry into protocol before opening ballot box (municipal elections); not polling hours. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| VM.2Mail-in voting procedureIf mail-in voting is permitted, is the full procedure (application, deadline, return, signature verification, cure) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 108 codifies overseas commission powers; not mail-in voting. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| VM.3Absentee voting frameworkIs the absentee voting framework (eligibility, application, return, treatment) codified in statute? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 286 codifies result transmission from overseas section commissions to CEC; absentee-from-Bulgaria framework. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| VM.4Early voting periodIf early in-person voting is permitted, is the early voting period and the locations rule set by statute? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 301 codifies CEC database creation; not early voting. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| VM.5Drop-box procedureIf ballot drop-boxes are permitted, are placement, security, and chain-of-custody procedures defined in statute (not administrative directive)? | 1/1100.0% | Чл. 239 codifies the mobile box service: commission members visit voters at home, no later than 20:00; box sealed after last vote (no later than 21:00); sealed paper tape signed by members; box returned to designated location. Comprehensive chain-of-custody. “Членовете на подвижната секционна избирателна комисия, които обслужват подвижната избирателна кутия, посещават избирателите от списъка по домовете им” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| VM.6Provisional ballot right & procedureIs the right to cast a provisional ballot, and the procedure for adjudicating it, codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 266 codifies prohibition of special symbols on ballots; not provisional ballot. | § view source 2026-05-12 |