site.btaCiela Norma: If They Are Not 2-in-1, European and National Elections Should Be Two Weeks Apart

Ciela Norma, the company which is in charge of the voting machines for Bulgaria's elections, argued Tuesday that if the upcoming snap national and European elections are not held on the same day, they should be held two weeks apart. "If the general and European elections are held on two successive weekends, it will be quite difficult," Ciela Norma CEO Vesselin Todorov told the Bulgarian National Radio.

"We have always asked for elections to be set two weeks apart, but no one listens. We understand that the public wants things to happen faster. We'll manage, but it will be stressful", he said, commenting on the uploading of the new ballots between Monday and Friday for the second elections. According to Todorov one options is for the elections to be held on June 9 and 23.

He did not rule out that the Central Election Commission task the company with an extra software work.

Most parties in Parliament are in favour of 2-in-1 elections but the President has said that it may be too late for that because of the procedure in the run-up to the snap elections.