site.btaCentral Election Commission Registers Fifteen Nominating Committees for Presidential Elections

Central Election Commission Registers Fifteen Nominating Committees for Presidential Elections

Sofia, September 27 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission on Monday (CEC) registered 15 nominating committees for the presidential elections scheduled for November 6, CEC's information service said on Tuesday. The deadline for registration of nominating committees expired on Monday evening.

CEC has already registered 12 parties and five coalitions of parties for the elections. The deadline for registration of parties and coalitions expired on September 21.

CEC has refused registration of one nominating committee - for the nomination of Atanas Marinov Yordanov as an independent candidate for president and Moussa Aliev Hyusseinov as independent candidate for vice president, a check in CEC's registers shows.

The deadline for registration for participation in the information campaign for a national referendum, which will also be held on November 6, expired Monday evening too. CEC has registered 11 parties, three coalitions and 23 nominating committees for this campaign.