site.btaMore than 13,800 Bulgarians Voted in Turkey by 1 pm

More than 13,800 Bulgarians Voted in Turkey by 1 pm

Sofia, March 26 (BTA) - By 1 pm on Sunday, 13,816 Bulgarians had voted in Turkey, up from 5,000 at 10 am, Central Election Commission Spokesperson Alexander Andreev said. By that time, 2,296 Bulgarians had voted in Germany, 3,256 in Britain, 1,410 in Greece, 1,672 in Spain, and 1,138 in France.

No major violations have been reported so far.

Three media outlets will be issued statements of violations for breaking the ban on publishing preliminary results before the end of Election Day. One of the outlets, which keeps publishing such results, will be issued several statements, said Andreev.

About 10,000 people voted abroad by 10 a.m. Sofia time in Sunday's Bulgarian parliamentary elections, Central Election Commission Spokesperson Alexander Andreev reported. Voter turnout in overseas localities is impossible to measure because anyone willing (and eligible) to vote can be added to the voting lists at any time.

A total of 154 Bulgarians cast their ballots in Australia by 5 p.m. local time. Voting is over in New Zealand, where 91 people took part in the process, as many as in the 2014 Bulgarian parliamentary elections, CEC Spokesperson Kamelia Neikova said.

Neikova confirmed to BTA that the CEC will not reconsider its requirement for expatriate voters to sign a declaration in the presence of a section election commission member stating that the voter will not vote in another place during the elections.