Bulgaria: Legal Committee Rejects President’s Veto on Cap for Polling Stations Abroad

The parliamentary committee on constitutional and legal affairs has rejected President Iliana Yotova’s veto on amendments to the Electoral Code that cap the number of polling stations in non-EU countries at 20. The committee reapproved the contested provisions with 11 votes in favor, eight against and one abstention. Support for the amendments came from GERB, TISP, Revival and one representative of the BSP, while WCC-DB, APS, Greatness and another left-wing MP opposed them....