April 3 (BTA) - The elections for Bulgaria's 45th
Ordinary National Assembly abroad will begin in the evening of
April 3 and will end in the morning of April 5 (Bulgarian time),
 the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Because of the time
difference, the first Bulgarians to cast their vote will be the
expatriates in New Zealand's Auckland and Christchurch, where
the voting sections will open at 9 p.m. on Saturday. The last to
 vote will be the Bulgarians in the USA's California, Arizona,
and Nevada, where the election day will end at 6 a.m. on Monday.

Bulgarians abroad can exercise their right to vote in a total of
 465 voting sections across 69 countries, which have agreed to
organize the elections under the condition that the
corresponding health safety protocols and anti-epidemic measures
 against COVID-19 will be observed.

Everywhere abroad where the restrictive measures in force could
obstruct Bulgarian nationals' voting (e.g. curfew, ban on free
movement), the Foreign Ministry has requested and received from
the corresponding countries exceptions for the election day. In
some states, Bulgaria's embassies will issue a special document,
 while in other countries Bulgarians will be able to get to the
voting sections using declarations and forms issued by the
corresponding local authorities.

In Spain, where 53 voting sections will be open on Sunday, the
local authorities said Bulgarians should vote in their region of
 residence, because a ban on movement between regions is in
force in that country.

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