Bulgaria allocated nearly 240 million leva (120 million euros) for organizing the three elections held in 2024. Around 35% of these funds went to payments for members of sectional election commissions, according to Iva Lazarova, Chairwoman of the Public Council at the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the Institute for the Development of the Public Environment. In comparison, political parties spent approximately 14 million leva on their election campaigns.
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