Bulgaria's 'Revival' Backs Full Machine Voting and Rejects Euro Adoption

The “Revival” party has voiced its firm support for fully machine-based elections in Bulgaria, with MP Kosta Stoyanov emphasizing that only ballots directly produced by the machines should be counted, without the involvement of flash drives or external data exchanges. Speaking at a press conference in Varna, Stoyanov also reiterated the party’s longstanding demand for a thorough review and updating of the country’s electoral lists to ensure their accuracy ahead of any upcoming polls.

Stoyanov noted that significant changes to the Electoral Code are unlikely before the early elections expected in the spring, citing a lack of political will within the current National Assembly....