Nomination of Community Leader and Council Member Candidates
1. Citizens shall have the right to be nominate themselves as community leader and council member candidates by submitting an application and a receipt proving the payment of the electoral deposit to the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission. The amount of electoral deposit shall be as follows: for community leader candidates in communities with up to 5,000 voters - 50 times the minimum wage; for council member candidates in communities with up to 5,000 voters - 10 times the minimum wage; for community leader candidates in communities with more than 5,000 voters - 100 times the minimum wage; for council member candidates in communities with more than 5,000 voters - 20 times the minimum wage.
2. If a candidate is elected as a community leader or the number of ballots cast for him/her is 5 or more percent of the total number of valid ballots, the candidate’s electoral deposit shall be returned to him/her. If a candidate receives less than 5 percent of the number of valid ballots, the electoral deposit shall be transferred to the state budget.
3. If a candidate is elected as a council member or the number of ballots cast for him/her is
5 or more percent of the total number of valid ballots, the candidate’s electoral deposit shall be returned to him/her. If a candidate receives less than 5 percent of the number of valid ballots, the electoral deposit shall be transferred to the state budget.
4. In his/her application to be nominated as candidate, the citizen shall include his/her last name, first name, patronymic, year, month and day of birth, registered address, place of work, position (occupation) and party affiliation.
5. The self-nominating citizen shall submit the following documents together with his/her application:
1) receipt proving that electoral deposit has been paid;
2) document certifying that he/she has been citizen of the Republic of Armenia for the last two years;
3) document certifying that he/she has been registered in that particular community (in case of running for Yerevan city district community leader or council member – a document certifying that he/she has been registered in Yerevan) for the last two years;
4) declaration of property and income of the citizen nominated as a candidate, in accordance with procedures defined by the Republic of Armenia Law on “Declaration of Property and Income by Senior Public Officials of the Republic of Armenia”.
6. The forms of the documents certifying that the nominee is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia and is registered in the community shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission. Such certifying documents shall be issued to the citizen or his/her authorized representative by an authorized state body upon a written application from the citizen, within a period of three days after the submission of such application. The authorized state body shall be in a position to refuse to issue such documents(s) if the information furnished by the applicant does not comply with the requirements set forth under the sub-points 2 and 3 of the point 5 of this Article.
7. Self-nominating community leader and council member candidates shall submit the aforementioned documents in person or through their authorized representatives.
71. Should the self-nominated community leader or the council member request withdrawal of his/her nomination prior to his/her registration as a candidate, the electoral deposit shall be returned to the citizen.
8. A person may be nominated as community leader or council member candidate in one community only.
