General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1991, last amended 2007)

• Article 10 states, "All elections and national and local referendums shall be held on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1991, last amended 2007)

• Article 42 section (1) states: "Every citizen above the age of 18, with the exception of those placed under judicial interdiction or serving a prison sentence, is free to elect state and local authorities and vote in referendums."
• Article 65 states, “Eligible for election to the National Assembly shall be any Bulgarian citizen who does not hold another citizenship, is above the age of 21, is not under a judicial interdiction, and is not serving a prison sentence.”

Electoral Law
Election Code of Bulgaria

• Article 3, section (1) states, “The right to elect National Representatives and Vice President of the Republic shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens who have attained the age of 18 years by polling day, are not interdicted and do not serve a custodial sentence.”
• Article 3, section (2) states, “The right to elect Members of the European parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria shall vest in the Bulgaria citizens who have attained the age of 18 years by polling day, have resided in the Republic of Bulgaria or in another Member State of the European Union at least during the last three months, are not interdicted and do not serve a custodial sentence.”
• Article 3, section (3) states, “Each national of a Member State of the European Union, who is not a Bulgarian citizen, shall have the right to elect Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria if the said person has attained the age of 18 years by polling day, is not interdicted...”
• Article 3, section (4) states, “The right to elect municipal councillors and mayors shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens, who have attained 18 years by polling day, are not interdicted, do not serve a custodial sentence, and have resided in the respective nucleated settlement at least during the last twelve months.”
• Article 3, section (5) states, “Each national of a Member State of the European Union, who is not a Bulgarian citizen, shall have the right to elect municipal councillors and mayors, if the said person has attained the age of 18 years by polling day, is not interdicted...”
• Article 4 discusses the right to be elected and contains the same qualification regarding interdiction as article 3.

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Presidential Elections Act
(1991)

• Article 10h states, “Voter registries in hospitals, maternity wards, sanatoria, rest and recreation facilities, homes for aged persons and others, as well as on board of vessels sailing under the Bulgarian flag shall be compiled by the head of the respective facility or the captain of the vessel on the basis of identity documents (passports).”

Election Code of Bulgaria
(28 January 2011)

• Article 73 states, “(1) Where in a multi-storey building there are voting sections on floors above ground level as well, the constituency or the municipal election commissions shall adopt a decision designating a voting section on the first floor (ground floor) which has the smallest number of voters according to the electoral roll for voting by voters with locomotor or sight impairment. (2) A sign and other distinguishing marks, showing the additional assigned purpose of the voting section referred to in Paragraph (1), shall be placed in front of the said voting section.”
• Article 176 states, “(1) Voters with permanent disabilities which prevent them from exercising their franchise in the polling site, who wish to vote by means of a mobile ballot box, shall state the desire thereof not later than 30 days in advance of polling day in writing by a statement completed in a standard form, signed manually and submitted by means of a letter, a facsimile message or electronic form to the authorities referred to in Article 40 (1) herein exercising jurisdiction over the permanent address or the present address, where a request under Article 53 (1) herein has been submitted. Any such statement shall state the names of the voter, the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) thereof, the permanent address (residence address) or the present address, where a request under Article 53 (1) herein has been submitted, and a copy of a document issued by the Territorial Medical Expert Board (National Medical Expert Board). (2) The names of the voter who has submitted a request under Paragraph (1) shall be removed from the electoral roll and shall be entered by the authority referred to in Article 40 (1) herein on a roll for voting by means of a mobile ballot box.”

• Constitution - http://www.parliament.bg/en/const
• Electoral Code - http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2011/CDL-REF(2011)008-e.pdf
• Presidential Elections Act - http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN016315.pdf