Bulgaria’s central electoral body starts on Wednesday the printing of ballot papers for the ealry parliamentary elections on May 12.

The ballots feature the names of the parties or coalitions, the serial numbers of the parties, and the first three runners that top the list of each party.

The integral ballot in the upcoming general elections in Bulgaria will run no more than 1.20 meters, the electoral body has announced, denying speculations that its length may exceed two meters.

Ballots, which are longer than 50 centimeters, will be wrapped several times, to accommodate them in the envelope, the authorities said.

While previous years Bulgaria allowed all sorts of symbols and drawings on the integral ballot provided there are no personal data and only one box is marked, now it is only the X sign that will count.

Of course, there are different variants of the X sign, which will make a ballot valid.

Text markings are strictly forbidden, as well as any other signs that violate the anonymity of the voter or are different from the X sign.

During previous elections with the integral ballot, Bulgarians had the chance to fulfill their artistic impulses on the ballot and the Commission still acknowledged the vote as valid provided that there were no references to the voter's identity.

Back then the Commission tolerated even vulgar drawings, swastikas, and other insulting cartoons.

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