Judge Zhulieta Krasteva Serafimova of the Regional Court in Haskovo chairs polling station No. 26 in the Haskovo Palace of Justice. She told BTA that 33% of the judges had voted by 10:50 am.
The station's list has 50 judges. They are choosing their representatives on the Supreme Judicial Council from the quota for judges. The station has a three-member commission.
By workplace, 27 of them work in the district courts in Haskovo, Dimitrovgrad, Harmanli, Svilengrad and Ivaylovgrad. Another 14 work in the Regional Court and 9 in the Administrative Court in Haskovo.
There are 21 candidates, and the judges pick six of them to sit on the council. The Supreme Judicial Council oversees the independence of the judiciary and its staffing policy.
The voter list for all of Bulgaria has 2,275 judges.