A number of provisions of the draft law – for example, on the right to participate in a referendum (Article 3) on issues put or not to referendum (Article 4-5) on the number of signatures required for requesting referendum (Articles 7,8,10) – are directly derived from the Constitution and, as such, reference will be made when necessary to comments issued by the Venice Commission on such constitutional provisions. Reference will also be made to the Joint Opinions of the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR on the electoral legislation of Armenia when the draft law refers to it or contains similar provisions, as well as to OSCE/ODIHR election observation reports and recommendations.