After an emergency meeting the three parties backing Bulgaria's minority cabinet reached a compromise to amend the Electoral Code, removing a cap on the number of poling stations outside Bulgaria.
The measure will only be enforced with regard to EU member states, amid fears from the Patriotic Front that the lack of restriction to the number of stations would allow ill-regulated voting from expats in Turkey.
The issue drew anger from Bulgarian expats, who believe a cap on the number of polling stations abroad (35 under the law) will hamper them from casting ballots.
Under the conditions of compulsory elections the option voters to declare they are "Not Voting for Anyone" will be included in the final count when elections are using a majority system such as those for President and Parliament.
GERB party, the Reformist Bloc, and the Patriotic Front agreed to add changes to election rules less than three weeks before the vote takes place, in spite of the respective legislation deems improper if a change is introduced less than six months before an election.
Parties also pledged to stand behind the government and preserve stability, in a poisonous atmosphere in which some of the remarks between Borisov's party and the Reformist Bloc reached levels of obscenity in the past few days.
Political analysis by Plamen Asenov.
