8.1 Formation of Electoral Commissions, procedures for changing their membership and issues regarding the organizations of their activity are regulated in the manner prescribed by this law and the law "On the Elections of Local Self-Governing Bodies."

Article 9. Powers of the Central Electoral Commission

9.1 The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is the body which organizes elections and conducts election oversight.

9.2 The CEC has the following powers:

1) Manages funds allocated for elections, disburses funds to Electoral Commissions, oversees allocation of office space, furnishings, and other material and technical assets;

2) Passes and publishes necessary decisions and mandates not contradicting the law, pertaining to procedures for the preparation and conduct of the elections; regarding measures necessary for the summarizing the results of elections; and oversight of their implementation;

3) Supervises the provision of opportunities prescribed by this law, for access to state means of mass media for pre-election campaigning by the candidates for President of the Republic, parties (party blocs), and initiative groups nominating them;

4) Determines the layout of election documentation, ballots, ballot boxes, specimens of seals, procedures and time frames for filling in and filing election documentation;

5) Establishes a consecutive number for each REC;

6) Attends to reports of Electoral Commissions and corresponding government bodies concerning issues of election implementation preparation;

7) In case of technical impossibility to conduct the elections, changes the location of voting;

8) Provides Regional Electoral Commissions with necessary electoral documentation;

9) Discusses decisions and actions of subordinate committees, based on applications and complaints received; revises or eliminates decisions of these committees contradicting the law;

10) Registers the parties (party blocs) and initiative groups nominating the candidate for President of the Republic;

11) Establishes the procedure for the inclusion into the lists of voters and the procedure for voting, according to these lists of voters for citizens of the Republic of Armenia at military service or at military training camps;

12) Registers and issues certificates to persons nominated as candidates for President of the Republic; refuses to register, recognizes as void or cancels their registration in cases prescribed by law; registers and issues certificates to the proxies of the candidates for the President of the Republic;

13) Organizes the publication of biographical data of candidates for President of the Republic;

14) Summarizes and approves results of the elections for President of the Republic based on data received from Regional Electoral Commissions; publishes the results officially by regions and communities within one month following the elections; recognizes the elections as invalid or void in the cases of availability of grounds prescribed by law; passes decision on the election or non-election of the President of the Republic;

15) Issues accreditation to foreign observers and representatives of mass media;

16) Elects and recalls the deputy chairman of the Central Electoral Commission and the secretary;

17) In cases of violation of this law, applies to the respective competent state bodies;

18) Exercises other powers prescribed by this law.

Article 10. Powers of the Regional Electoral Commission (REC)

10.1 The Regional Electoral Commission has the following powers:

1) Oversees the implementation of this law by subordinate Electoral Commissions in its region;

2) Forms community and Precinct Electoral Commissions; introduces changes in their membership;

3) Forms by the presentation of local self-governing bodies electoral districts and precincts, mentioning the place of voting (precinct center);

4) Establishes consecutive numbers for the precincts, in the manner prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission;

5) Provides Community and Precinct Commissions with the necessary material and technical means, electoral documentation; organizes, in the prescribed manner, the preparation and implementation of elections, and oversees that implementation; provides community and Precinct Commissions with office space, furnishings, transportation, electricity, communications equipment and other necessary items;

6) Follows the transfer of lists of voters to the respective Electoral Commissions and their submission for general notification;

7) Discusses decisions and actions of the subordinate Electoral Commissions, and, based on applications and complaints received, revises or eliminates the decisions of subordinate committees contradicting the law;

8) Reveals and summarizes results of the voting in the region, submits results to the CEC, and conducts checking in the cases prescribed by this law;

9) Elects and recalls the deputy chairman and the secretary of the regional committee;

10) Exercises other powers as prescribed by this law.

Article 11. Powers of the Community Electoral Commissions

11.1 A Community Electoral Commission has the following powers:

1) Oversees the implementation of this law by Precinct Electoral Commissions;

2) Discusses complaints and applications received concerning the decisions and actions of Precinct Electoral Commissions, revising or eliminating the decisions of subordinate committees contradicting the law (with the exception of decisions concerning the summarizing of the results of the voting);

3) Supervises the compilation of the lists of voters by local self-governing bodies by precinct; compiles the lists of voters by precincts and passes them to Precinct Commissions; supervises the presentation of voter lists by Precinct Electoral Commissions for public information;

4) Provides for the preparation of buildings, booths, ballot boxes and other means necessary for the process of voting;

5) Compiles a protocol on the calculation of coupons and submits it to Regional Election Committee;

6) Elects and recalls the deputy chairman and the secretary of the Community Electoral Commission;

7) Exercises other powers prescribed by this law.

Article 12. Powers of the Precinct Electoral Commissions

12.1 The Precinct Electoral Commission has the following powers: 

1) Ensures that voters have the possibility to freely acquaint themselves with the [voter] lists;

2) Accepts and discusses complaints on inaccuracies in the lists of voters and resolves issues of introducing the respective adjustments to the lists;

3) Informs the voters of the location of the precinct, the day of the elections, and the working hours of the committee;

4) Organizes the voting; summarizes the results of the voting in the precinct and submits the results to the Community Electoral Commission;

5) Elects and recalls the deputy chairman and the secretary of the Precinct Electoral Commission;

6) Exercises other powers prescribed by this law.

Article 13. Appealing decisions and actions of Electoral Commissions

13.1 Decisions and actions of Electoral Commissions, with the exception of those on summarizing the results of voting and counting the coupons, can be appealed to the superior Electoral Commission or to the court of law.

13.2 Decisions on summarizing results of voting of Precinct Electoral Commissions and the decisions of Community Commissions on the counting of coupons can be appealed to Regional Electoral Commissions, and the decisions of Regional Electoral Commissions on summarizing the results of voting can be appealed to the Central Electoral Commission.

13.3 Decisions of the Central Electoral Commission (except those connected with the results of election) and its actions can be appealed to the Supreme Court which pronounces final decisions in a collective manner.

13.4 Disputes connected with the results of elections are resolved by the Constitutional Court.