LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL CENSUS WHEN VOTING IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
Ekaterina Bogomilova
Abstract
In recent years in the Republic of Bulgaria the question on educational qualification for voting has more and more been raised. The topic is quite relevant, especially when the results of the 2019 elections for representatives of the European Parliament and those for local governments report: 1) high number of invalid ballots when choosing a preference without specifying a party, 2) the refusal of voters to vote using machines, 3) the so called "election tourism” from Turkey, and 4) the vote buying. These problems raise the relevance of the role of literacy and education of voters when exercising their constitutional rights.
Keywords:
educational census, rights and obligations, voting, economic and low.
JEL Codes: K100, H52, I210
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To cite this article: BOGOMILOVA, E., (2020) Legal and economic aspects of the introduction of educational census when voting in the republic of Bulgaria. Entrepreneurship, 8 (2), 63-70, DOI: 10.37708/ep.swu.v8i2.6
