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· Main functions of EMB : 

 1. implement the activities and see to the application of this Code and the legal regulations thereto related

 2. implement methodological guidance and exercise control over the operation of the election commissions

 3. implement methodological guidance over the operation of the election commissions related to the implementation of this Code

 4. provide and fund the establishment of websites of the regional and Municipal election commissions

 5. appoint the regional and Municipal election commissions and the section election commissions abroad and confirm lists of reserve members appoint also the section election commissions in the country in the cases, where the regional or Municipal election commission has not appointed them in due time

 6. dismiss members of regional and Municipal election commissions and of section election commissions abroad in the cases of violations of this Code and of the decisions of the Central Election Commission, as well as upon occurrence of any circumstance covered under Art. 51, Para. (2) herein

 7. determine, using a methodology, the remunerations of the members of election commissions, of the specialists thereto

 8. endorse a standard design of a seal of the election commissions and the method of protection thereof

 9. keep a public register of the voters ensure to each voter an option to search the register by Uniform Civil Number (Personal Number)

 10. register, make public and issue certificates to:

  a) the political parties and the coalitions of political parties for participation in all types of elections

  b) the nomination committees for participation in elections of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria

 11. strike the registration of a political party which does not satisfy the requirements referred to in p. 5 of Art. 133, Para. (3) herein and of coalition of political parties, which does not satisfy the requirements referred to in p. 6 of Art. 140, Para. (3) herein

 12. register and make public the candidate lists of the political parties, the coalitions of political parties and the nomination committees upon elections of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria

 13. keep public registers of:

  a) the political parties and coalitions of political parties in all types of elections

  b) the nomination committees in elections of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria

  c) the candidate lists for President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria

 14. establish the terms and procedure for participation of observers not later than 50 days in advance of election day, register and issue certificates to the observers keep a public register of the observers

 15. register until the election day the election agents of the candidate lists abroad and issue certificates thereto keep a public register of the election agents by candidate lists

 16. determine the structure and the content of the uniform numbering of the polling stations

 17. determine the places where polling stations abroad will be established

 18. form and endorse the uniform numbers of the polling stations abroad

 19. endorse the standard technical design and the security features of the ballot papers, not later than 30 days in advance of election day endorse a specimen of a book of ballot papers

 20. make public a list of the numbers and addresses of the polling stations in the election regions with the number of voters in them

 21. determine by lot the numbers assigned to the ballot papers of the political parties and coalitions of political parties in elections of Members of Parliament, the numbers assigned to the ballot papers of the political parties and coalitions of political parties in elections of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and the sequence of entryof the candidate lists in the ballot paper in elections of President and Vice President of the Republic and shall make them public not later than 31 days in advance of election day

 22. establish the terms and procedure for conduct of the pre-election campaign

 23. control the conduct of the preelection campaign by the media service providers within a national range

 24. for the purposes of the control as referred to in p 23 and establishment of breaches by the media service providers, it shall require information from the Council for Electronic Media on the specialized monitoring performed, whose level and parameters shall be determined subject to an agreement between the Commission and the Council for Electronic Media signed into in prior to the opening of the election campaign, irrespectively of the territorial coverage of the channels in the case where such monitoring refers to a media service provider, which has no national coverage, the Commission shall transmit the information from the said monitoring to the competent election commission

 25. determine the arrangements and procedure for conduct of sociological surveys on the election day not later than 20 days in advance of election day keep a public register of the sociological agencies

 26. examine all complaints and signals for breaches in the election process in conformity with its powers, including against decisions and actions of constituency election commissions, Municipal election commissions and section election commissions abroad, pronounce on any such complaints and signals within 24 hours after receipt thereof and, on election day, it shall pronounce within one hour after receipt of any such complaint or signal and by the end of the election day with decision

 27. determine the procedure for examining the complaints and signals from the election commissions

 28. keep a public register of the complaints and signals filed with the Commission and of the decisions thereon

 29. determine the arrangements and procedure for machine voting

 30. establish the procedure for a check for voting in breach of the rules of the Code including for check of the decisions under Art. 39 and certificates under Art. 40 and assign the conduct of such check to the Directorate General of Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development

 31. provide the results of the check referred to in p.30 to the persons concerned and, upon detection of voting in breach of the rules of the Code, apprise the prosecuting magistracy

 32. Provide information, organize and conduct, through the mass communication media, an awareness campaign regarding citizens' rights and duties in the preparation and conduct of the elections and furthermore on machine voting such awareness campaign shall start not later than 15 days prior to the lapse of the respective deadline, wherefrom rights and obligations for the citizens in relation to the elections

 33. determine the conditions and timeframe for commissioning, by contest of the computer processing of the voting data not later than 50 days in advance of election day

 34. Commission the computer processing of the voting data and the publication of the election results in a bulletin, including the results from the machine voting

 35. determine the form and the structure electronic type of the lists, as well as the procedure for check of the lists for participation of independent candidates and shall assign the fulfillment to Directorate General Civil Registration and Administrative Service at the Ministry of Regional Development

 36. establish the procedure for a check of the lists of voters supporting the registration of the political parties and the coalitions of political parties, as well as the procedure for a check of the candidate lists, and commission the execution of the said checks to the Directorate General of Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development

 37. determine the uniform numbering and the security features of Non-Resident Voting Certificates before each election

 38. Communicate data on the number of voters who have cast their votes within the deadline as referred to in p. 39.

 39. declare the polls closed after completion of the voting within the territory of Bulgaria not later than 20,00 hours

 40. publish on its internet site the voting result from processing the protocols of the section election commissions in the regional or Municipal election commissions on election sections

 41. publish the voting results disaggregated by polling station, including the machine voting results, on the Internet site thereof, and, upon request, make the said results available on technical media to political parties, coalitions of political parties and nomination committees

 42. publish the voting results disaggregated by polling station, including the machine voting results, in the bulletin referred to in p. 34, including a machine-readable data medium, not later than 40 days after the election day

 43. deposit in the National Archive Fund the copy with the tally sheets of the section, regional and Municipal election commissions

 44. endorse the specimens of the direction signs and panels, as well as the specimens of the distinguishing signs of election agents, the observers and the representatives of political parties, coalitions of political parties and nomination committees not later than 55 days in advance of election day

 45. adopt a decision on the removal or seizure of canvassing materials placed or circulated in violation of this Code in an area spanning multiple regions or where affecting multiple regions

 46. determine the circumstances to be entered and the procedure for keeping and maintaining the public registers by the election commissions

 47. make an analysis of the elections conducted and file with the National Assembly a report which may contain proposals for streamlining the electoral legislation . (2) The decisions of the Central Election Commission shall be made public without delay by publishing them on the Internet site of the Commission and in the Bulletin of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. (3) The Central Election Commission exercises further powers as laid down in the Code.