Judges in Burgas and the region voted again on Sunday, 8 November, for members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the judges' quota. In the city, 120 magistrates were eligible to vote.
Voting in Burgas on Saturday, 7 November, began as normal, but no candidate got the support needed. A candidate needs more than half of the valid votes to win, so the vote was repeated.
See also: 120 judges in Burgas and region vote for new Supreme Judicial Council members
Judges nationwide are choosing 6 members of the new SJC from 21 candidates. One is from Burgas.
Judges from the Court of Appeal, the Regional Court, the Administrative Court and the district courts in the judicial region voted. They cast ballots at polling station No. 2 in the Palace of Justice, and voting ran until 6pm.
A BTA reporter at the scene said election day began without problems.
In the first round in Burgas, 86 of the 120 judges voted. The polling station's election commission recorded 86 ballots in the box, all valid.