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After hours of debate, the parliament adopted the title of the bill for amentments to the Electoral Code

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The debate on the amendments to the Electoral Code continued in the parliament for four hours. As a result, the MPs were able to vote only on the title of the document - "Bill to amend and supplement the Electoral Code", or such as was tabled by the leader of the BSP Kornelia Ninova, BNR reported. 

With the votes of GERB-SDS, MRF and BSP, changes to the Electoral Code aim to bring back paper ballots in elections. 

Work on the Electoral Code is just beginning.




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