Assisting the Implementation of the Machine Voting in Bulgaria

Подробности

Assisting the Implementation of the Machine Voting in Bulgaria and Supporting the Informed Debate

Expert workshop with recommendations

27th November 2020

Online workshop (Zoom)

11.00 -11.10                            Opening:

Thorsten Geißler, Head of the office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bulgaria

11.10 – 11.30                          Bulgarian context before the 2021 parliamentary election:

Dimitar Dimitrov, election expert, commissioner, Central Election Commission

11.30 –12.30                          Discussion:

Regulatory framework for digital technologies used in the electoral cycle

Important steps in the process of planning of the implementation of voting machines

Certification and audit: why to do that, who can do that, when?

Options for observation and civic control

Peter Wolf, senior expert in elections and technology, International IDEA

Ronan McDermott, elections and technology expert, IFES

Jordi Barrat, professor of Constitutional Law, Expert Group on standards for e-voting, Council of Europe

Kseniya Dashutsina, election adviser, ODIHR, OSCE

Moderator: Daniel Stefanov, election expert, Sofia Platform

12:30 – 12:40                          Closing remarks

The working language of the workshop is English.