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Election of Deputies to the National Assembly
CHAPTER 2, THE BASES OF PREPARING AND CARRYING OUT THE ELECTIONS
The preparation and implementation of the elections is ensured by the central, district and precinct electoral committees in accordance with this law. The organizational expenses of the elections are covered from a united fund created under the management of the Central electoral committee. The fund is formed by state allocations as well as voluntary contributions of enterprises, public organizations and individual citizens. The amount of the state allocation for the organization of the elections is authorized by the National Assembly. Candidates for deputies to the National Assembly participating in the elections by the majoritarian system and public-political organizations participating in the elections by the proportional system have the right to use their own funds as well as funds generated through donations and fundraisers in their pre-election publicity campaigns. The funds used in the campaign of each candidate can not exceed the minimum [monthly] salary in the republic by a factor of more than five hundred. Candidates and public-political organizations submit disclosures of their campaign expenses to the Central electoral committee in a manner prescribed by the latter. The enterprises, establishments and organizations, state and public bodies shall provide to the electoral committees the necessary office space and furniture for the preparation and implementation of the elections and are obliged to lend practical assistance within their means to the process of preparation and implementation of the elections. The decisions of the electoral committees
adopted within their jurisdiction are subject to mandatory implementation
by all state bodies, enterprises, establishments, organizations and individual
citizens.
For the purpose of organizing and implementing the elections the territory of the Republic of Armenia shall be divided into 150 electoral districts. The number of voters in each district shall not exceed or be less than 15 percent of the average number of voters in an electoral district. Each electoral district shall be formed in such a way as to contain districts with common borders. Each settlement within an electoral district shall be divided into electoral precincts. The number of voters in an electoral precinct shall not be less than 100 or exceed 3000, except for the precincts formed in certain cases with the permission of the Central electoral committee. The precincts shall be formed in
such a way as to contain buildings and houses closest to the election site.
The electoral committees inform the public on their activities, the formation of electoral districts and precincts, the membership, location, working hours and the lists of constituent voters of respective electoral committees. The electoral committees inform the citizens on the nomination and registration status of the candidates for deputies, their biographical data, the main provisions of the pre-election programs of the candidates and public-political organizations and the summary votes and election results for each candidate. The representatives of the public-political organizations, the press, the television and the radio, observers and the proxies of the candidates for deputies of the respective electoral districts have the right to be present at the registration of the candidates for deputies, the sealing of the ballot-boxes, the opening of the latter and counting of the votes, the determining the outcome of the elections as well as during the whole duration of the voting. The authorization of the representatives must be endorsed by proper documents and the respective electoral district electoral committees must be notified of the latter at least 3 days prior to the date of the elections. The respective electoral committee shall create equal conditions for ensuring the presence of the representatives. No more than two proxies of each candidate for deputy and public-political organization may be present at an electoral precinct. |
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