site.btaParties and Coalitions Start Registering for October Local Elections

Registration for the October 29 local elections opened on Monday. The window for registration closed at 5 pm on September 13, Central Election Commission Chair Kamelia Neykova told the press Monday.

By 11:30 am on the first day, eight parties and three coalitions had registered. 

The parties and coalitions are required to submit a sign-in with no less than 2,500 voters backing their participation in the local elections.

If a party of a coalition is not registered with the Central Election Commission, it cannot register with the local commission and run in the elections.