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Chair of Election Commission leaves polling station
10:55 am | Today | Politics
Observers of Human Rights in Armenia (www.hra.am) founded by "Civil
Society Institute" NGO have recorded several instances of violations
across the country.
0Ö?05 - Hrazdan, 25/26, 25/26 Polling station - The Chair of the
Commission Eghiazaryan Samvel left the polling station to go to the
shop and returned in 5 minutes.
09Ö?57 - Goris, 37/07 Polling station - CSI observer reported that the
candidate for the President's office Serzh Sargsyan has two authorized
persons at that polling station which is a violation. As it is
stipulated in the Electoral Code, only one authorized person per
candidate is allowed to be present in the polling room.
09Ö?20 - Tavush Marz, village Getahovit, 40/33 Polling Station - CSI
observer observed a case of open voting. When the voter left the
voting cabin, he approached the ballot box, took out and showed his
ballot and stated loudly for whom he had voted. He explained to the
observers that he belonged to the Armenian Republican Party, he did
that statement voluntarily to prove them. According to the Armenian
Electoral Code, there is responsibility stipulated for violation of
the secret ballot voting.
08Ö?30 - Aparan, 14/21 Polling Station - The CSI observer reported that
an old woman was assisted to vote in the voting cabin by two persons.
The Chair of the Commission did not take any steps to prevent the
violation stating that the woman was very old and had difficulties
with voting.
08Ö?45 - Yerevan, Davtashen, 5/8 Polling Station - The Chair of the
Commission did not register CSI observer and did not allow her to
enter the polling station stating, that observer's ID should be pinned
in a manner to be clearly visible at all times. There no such explicit
requirement in the Armenian Electoral Code, hence showing observer's
ID is sufficient to be registered and to enter the polling station.
08Ö?45 Yerevan, Avan, 1/6 Polling station - "Civil Society Institute"
NGO observer has reported that there was a hole on the bottom of the
sealed ballot box. In regard to that, the Chair of the Commission
stated that all the members of the Commission had checked the ballot
box and sealed it, and it was possible that there were similar boxes
in other polling stations.
At the same polling station the authorized person of Raffi
Hovhannisyan told the observer that the Commission did not give him an
opportunity to work, did not engage him in the voting process and did
not provide with any information.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/02/18/commission
10:55 am | Today | Politics
Observers of Human Rights in Armenia (www.hra.am) founded by "Civil
Society Institute" NGO have recorded several instances of violations
across the country.
0Ö?05 - Hrazdan, 25/26, 25/26 Polling station - The Chair of the
Commission Eghiazaryan Samvel left the polling station to go to the
shop and returned in 5 minutes.
09Ö?57 - Goris, 37/07 Polling station - CSI observer reported that the
candidate for the President's office Serzh Sargsyan has two authorized
persons at that polling station which is a violation. As it is
stipulated in the Electoral Code, only one authorized person per
candidate is allowed to be present in the polling room.
09Ö?20 - Tavush Marz, village Getahovit, 40/33 Polling Station - CSI
observer observed a case of open voting. When the voter left the
voting cabin, he approached the ballot box, took out and showed his
ballot and stated loudly for whom he had voted. He explained to the
observers that he belonged to the Armenian Republican Party, he did
that statement voluntarily to prove them. According to the Armenian
Electoral Code, there is responsibility stipulated for violation of
the secret ballot voting.
08Ö?30 - Aparan, 14/21 Polling Station - The CSI observer reported that
an old woman was assisted to vote in the voting cabin by two persons.
The Chair of the Commission did not take any steps to prevent the
violation stating that the woman was very old and had difficulties
with voting.
08Ö?45 - Yerevan, Davtashen, 5/8 Polling Station - The Chair of the
Commission did not register CSI observer and did not allow her to
enter the polling station stating, that observer's ID should be pinned
in a manner to be clearly visible at all times. There no such explicit
requirement in the Armenian Electoral Code, hence showing observer's
ID is sufficient to be registered and to enter the polling station.
08Ö?45 Yerevan, Avan, 1/6 Polling station - "Civil Society Institute"
NGO observer has reported that there was a hole on the bottom of the
sealed ballot box. In regard to that, the Chair of the Commission
stated that all the members of the Commission had checked the ballot
box and sealed it, and it was possible that there were similar boxes
in other polling stations.
At the same polling station the authorized person of Raffi
Hovhannisyan told the observer that the Commission did not give him an
opportunity to work, did not engage him in the voting process and did
not provide with any information.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/02/18/commission