Voting

1. Immediately after having received the voting pass, the elector shall approach the commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes and present the voting pass.

2. During elections of the National Assembly, a commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes shall hand out to the elector one ballot paper and one ballot envelope for each political party running in elections. The elector may not refuse to accept all the ballot papers.
During elections of Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, as well as head of community and member of council of elders, a commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes shall hand out to the elector one ballot paper and one ballot envelope (and in case several votes are held simultaneously — ballot papers and ballot envelopes).

The elector shall proceed to the voting booth to vote.

3. During elections of the National Assembly, the elector shall choose one of the political parties running in elections through placing the ballot paper of that political party in the ballot envelope. In case of electing any of the candidates in the district electoral list, the elector shall put — on the 2nd page of the ballot paper of the political party he or she has chosen — a uniform mark, as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission, in the tick box next to the name of the candidate he or she is voting for. The ballot paper shall be placed in the ballot envelope without folding. Unused ballot papers shall be dropped in a separate box installed in the voting booth.

4. During elections of Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, the elector shall, as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission, put a uniform mark in the tick box next to the name of the political party he or she is voting for and shall place the ballot paper in the voting envelope.

5. During the election of head of community and member of council of elders, the elector shall, as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission, put a uniform mark in the tick box next to the name of the candidate he or she is voting for. In case 1 candidate is voted on, the elector shall mark next to the word “for” if he or she will vote for the candidate: next to the word “against” if he or she will vote against the candidate. In case several votings are held simultaneously, the elector shall place each ballot paper in the relevant envelope.

6. It shall be prohibited to enquire, in any manner, about the vote of the elector.

7. Immediately after voting, the elector shall approach the member posting self-adhesive stamps at the ballot box and responsible for the ballot box and shall hand over the voting pass thereto. The commission member shall check the pass, may also, on his or her own initiative or upon request of another member of the commission or a proxy, verify the identification document of the elector. The commission member shall, without taking the ballot envelope from the elector, post a self-adhesive stamp on the ballot paper through the cut of the ballot envelope, after which shall open the slot of the ballot box and enable the elector to drop the ballot envelope in the ballot box.

Where the elector fails to submit a voting pass, the member posting self-adhesive stamps and responsible for the ballot box shall inform the chairperson of the precinct electoral commission, who shall take the ballot envelope from the elector, immediately cancel it, without verifying the content of the envelope.

8. Where during the voting, self-adhesive stamps allocated to the member posting self-adhesive stamps and responsible for the ballot box have exhausted, the chairperson of the precinct electoral commission shall hand over to him or her the next set of new self-adhesive stamps, after receiving the voting passes therefrom. Voting passes shall be counted, and the number shall be recorded in the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.

The member posting self-adhesive stamps and responsible for the ballot box — at the end of his or her shift as well as at the end of the voting — shall hand over the unused self-adhesive stamps and the voting passes received from electors to the chairperson of the commission. Voting passes and the unused self-adhesive stamps shall be counted, and the numbers shall be recorded in the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.

9. The elector who is unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own, shall have the right to invite, after having notified the chairperson of the electoral commission, another person into the voting booth, who must not be a member of electoral commission, proxy, observer, mass media representatives, visitor. The person shall have the right to assist only one elector who is unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own. Except for the mentioned case, the presence of another person in the voting booth while filling in the ballot paper shall be prohibited. The data of the person assisting the elector unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own shall be entered in the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.

10. If the elector finds that he or she has filled in the ballot paper incorrectly or has damaged it, he or she may apply to the chairperson of the commission to receive a new ballot paper. Upon the assignment of the chairperson of commission, a new ballot paper shall be allocated to the elector (in case of elections of the National Assembly — one ballot paper of each political party running in elections).Incorrectly filled-in (damaged) ballot paper (ballot papers) shall be immediately cancelled.

11. The elector shall not have the right to announce in the polling station the way he or she has voted.

12. After the voting, the elector shall immediately leave the voting room.

13. During the voting, the candidate, the candidate included in the electoral list of a political party running in elections shall be prohibited from staying at the polling station or in the area up to 50 metres radius adjacent to a polling station, except for the case of participation in the voting.

14. Where the commission member, the proxy or the observer finds that cases of violations of the voting procedure have taken place in the voting process as provided for by this Code, he or she shall have the right to demand that his or her position be recorded in the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.