Today is election silence day in Bulgaria before the election for parliament tomorrow, 11 July.
The law strictly forbids the publication of any sociological surveys regarding voter attitudes, or any form of political campaigning 24 hours prior to the election, as well as on election day. Distributing new campaign materials is not allowed either, nor is destroying campaign material already put up.
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