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Mkhoyan Supporters Stage Protest Write-In Vote
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
11:48, May 6, 2012
Some voters at the 21/15 polling station in Armavir Marz have been
registering a protest vote for a candidate that was forced to pull out
of the race for parliament.
In what might be a first for Armenia, supporters of Merouzhan Mkhoyan,
a majoritarian candidate who exited the race after being dragged from
his home and beaten on April 6, have been writing his name on their
ballots.
Moushegh Mkhoyan, a relative of the former candidate who was also
beaten that day, seems to have gotten the protest ball rolling by
refusing to use the official ballot ticket.
Mkhoyan's supporters then decided to write in the name of the
candidate and drop the ballot in the box.
From: Baghdasarian
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
11:48, May 6, 2012
Some voters at the 21/15 polling station in Armavir Marz have been
registering a protest vote for a candidate that was forced to pull out
of the race for parliament.
In what might be a first for Armenia, supporters of Merouzhan Mkhoyan,
a majoritarian candidate who exited the race after being dragged from
his home and beaten on April 6, have been writing his name on their
ballots.
Moushegh Mkhoyan, a relative of the former candidate who was also
beaten that day, seems to have gotten the protest ball rolling by
refusing to use the official ballot ticket.
Mkhoyan's supporters then decided to write in the name of the
candidate and drop the ballot in the box.
From: Baghdasarian