Ballot paper, ballot envelope, self-adhesive stamp

1. The sample of the ballot paper shall be established by the relevant electoral commission in such a way as to ensure secrecy of voting. The ballot paper must contain a notice on the procedure for filling in the ballot paper.

2. The ballot envelope shall be made from opaque paper. The sample and sizes of the ballot envelope shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission in such a way as it enables the self-adhesive stamp to be posted on the ballot paper in the envelope.

3. A self-adhesive stamp shall be a typographically printed stamp with protective layers, which bears the name of the election, the date of the voting and the number of the electoral precinct. The self-adhesive stamp shall be subject to special registration.

4. The printing of ballot papers, ballot envelopes and self-adhesive stamps shall be ensured by the Central Electoral Commission.

5. The ballot papers shall be printed no earlier than 10 days and no later than 3 days before the voting day, on the basis of statement of information on the number of electors, provided by the authorised body 10 days before the voting day.

Self-adhesive stamps shall be printed for each precinct by rounding the number of electors in the electoral precinct up to the nearest hundred.

6. During elections, ballot papers, ballot envelopes shall be allocated to precinct electoral commissions on the day preceding the voting day, in a quantity exceeding the number of electors by up to 5 per cent, but no less than 10 more than the number of electors in the electoral precinct. The whole run of self-adhesive stamps printed for the given electoral precinct shall be allocated on the day preceding the voting day to the relevant precinct electoral commission.

7. During elections of the National Assembly, in case the registration of the electoral list of the political party running in elections is declared invalid or revoked after the ballot papers have been printed, the ballot papers of that political party shall be removed from the voting and cancelled, whereas in case the registration of a candidate included in the district electoral list of the political party running in elections is declared invalid or revoked, the name of that candidate shall be removed from the ballot papers as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.

8. During elections of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, in case the registration of the electoral list of the political party running in elections is declared invalid or revoked after the ballot papers have been printed, whereas during elections of the head of community and member of the council of elders, in case the registration of a candidate is declared invalid or revoked, the name of that political party or the name of the candidate shall be removed from the ballot papers as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.