Compulsory voting

ELECTION CODE
Article  3.  (1)  (Amended,  SG  No.  39/2016,  effective  26.05.2016)  Elections  shall  be conducted on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage in a secret ballot and shall ensure free expression of voters’ will. Voting shall be compulsory, shall be performed by the voter in person, and shall represent a discharge of the voter’s civic duty.

Bulgaria adopted compulsory voting regulation in 2016. However, according to experts, there are no sanctions for non-voting, and thus voting is de facto not compulsory.