20.1 The list of voters includes all citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have the right to vote.

20.2 The local self-governing bodies in communities (in Yerevan City Mayor’s office before the formation of district communities) compile lists of voters for the elections of President of the Republic, in which the citizens of the Republic of Armenia permanently residing in the community and having right to vote are included.

20.3 The Community Electoral Commission compiles three copies of the lists of voters by precinct and allocates them to the Precinct Commissions.

20.4 Each voter can only be included on one list of voters of an electoral precinct. The first and last name of voters, their addresses, dates of birth are entered on the lists of voters according to their residence by consecutive number (for voters 18 years of age the month and the day of birth are also entered.)

20.5 The embassies and consulates of the Republic of Armenia comprise lists of voters for citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have the right to vote residing in the respective countries and are registered at embassy consulates.

Article 21. Publication of the lists of voters and the procedure to appeal errors

21.1 Lists of voters are posted for the general public to review at least 15 days prior to the date of the elections.

21.2 Complaints regarding inaccuracies in the lists of voters are to be reviewed by the Precinct Electoral Commission within two days, immediately on the eve of the election. The Committee discusses the complaint and introduces the necessary adjustments to the list or rejects the complaint, providing the applicant with a copy of the mentioned decision.

21.3 Changes are introduced to the lists of voters on the day of election by the decision of the chairman of the Precinct Electoral Commission, provided the voter submits his/her passport, along with a corresponding record of his/her residence.

21.4 Adjustments to the lists of voters are conducted by the Community Electoral Commission chairman by compiling an additional list, with the signature of the committee chairman beside the name of each voter. In the additional lists of voters, the enumeration of voters continues the numbers from the main list of voters.

21.5 Decisions of the Precinct Electoral Commission or its chairman can be appealed to a court of law.

21.6 Adjustments to a list of voters requested by a court of law is introduced immediately.

Article 22. Ballots

22.1 Ballots list, in alphabetical order, the first and last names of the candidates, his/her party membership, place of employment and occupation, the name of party (party bloc) by which nomination the candidate is registered, and in the case of nomination through civil initiative, the words "Civil initiative".

22.2 Each ballot has a special, easily-detachable tear-off coupon for the organization of elections, which is reserved for validation by the stamp of the Precinct Electoral Commission, for the voter’s signature, and for noting the voter’s number on the list of voters.

Article 23. Disbursing and collecting voting documents in Electoral Commissions

23.1 Voting documents are disbursed and received by the Electoral Commissions with a mandatory entry in the register containing the signatures of the presenter and recipient, as well as registration of the transaction by the issuance of a receipt.

23.2 The ballots are allocated to the Electoral Commissions in a quantity equal the number of voters in the list, plus 5 percent of that number.

23.3 All electoral documents, after summarizing the results of the voting, are sent to the CEC through the Regional Electoral Commission within five days. The CEC provides protection for the documents for two months from the day of official publication of the results of elections.

Article 24. The place and time of voting

24.1 Voting takes place on the day of the elections from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the precinct centers.

Article 25. Organization and implementation of voting

25.1 The voting is organized in a precinct center, in specially allocated buildings, where sufficient number of booths or rooms must be furnished for a secret ballot, one booth or room for each 500 voters, and tables installed for registration of voters and issuing ballots (one table for each 1000 voters).

25.2 The ballot box and the box for tear-off coupons must be located in a place visible to the majority of the persons entitled to be present in the precinct.

25.3 Two days prior to the day of voting the Precinct Electoral Commission approves by its decision the list of proxies (1 candidate - 1 proxy), who had applied in writing in advance with a wish to confirm the validity of ballots by their signatures. The committee approves by its decision the samples of signatures of the mentioned persons. The proxies confirm the validity of the ballots by signing in the presence of committee members simultaneously. The proxies sign the opposite side of the ballot.

25.4 Immediately afterwards, the chairman of the committee stamps the tear-off coupons of the ballots by committee stamp. The stamp must not cross the coupon’s borders. The validation of the ballots takes place on elections eve (on the day preceding the elections).

25.5 Before beginning the voting, the committee determines through a process of random selection and registers those of its members, who will register the voters (two committee members for each 1000 voters), hand the ballots (two committee members for each 1000 voters), supervise tear-off coupons (two members) and also establishes the schedule for their shifts.

25.6 On the day of elections the committee chairman, along with the members of the committee and persons entitled to be present on the voting checks, closes and seals the ballot box and also the box for tear-off coupons, after which hands the counted number of ballots to persons, responsible for the allocation of ballots, and the lists of voters to the persons responsible for the registration of the voters, making a corresponding notice in the register.

25.7 Each voter, upon arriving to vote, is registered on the lists of voters with the member of the committee responsible for the registration of voters. The committee member responsible for the registration of voters checks the voter’s passport or other document substituting passport, finds the name and the consecutive number of voter in the voters list or in the additional list and fills in the data of identity proof besides which the voter signs.

25.8 The committee member responsible for the allocation of the ballots hands the ballot to the voter, noting on the coupon the number of voter in the lists of voters. The voter signs the coupon.

25.9 The voter fills in the ballots privately in the booth or room for secret balloting.

25.10 A voter who is not capable to fill in the ballot themself, has the right to invite to the booth or the voting room another person to assist them, who cannot be a proxy or a member of Electoral Commission.

25.11 Except for the above-mentioned cases, the presence of another person during completion of the ballot in the booth or voting room is prohibited.

25.12 The voter makes a mark beside the name of the candidate, in favor of which he/she is voting. If the voter is against all candidates, then he/she makes a mark in the line after the names of candidates <<I am against all>>.

25.13 If one candidate of President of the Republic is voted, then the voter makes a mark against the words <<I agree>> if he votes in favor and <<I disagree>> if he votes against.

25.14 The voter brings out the folded filled in ballot from the booth or room and approaches to the member of the committee responsible for coupons, tears off coupon from the ballot in his/her presence and hands the coupon to him/her.

25.15 The latter, making sure, that the coupon is stamped by precinct stamp, signed by the voter, and bears the number of the voter in the lists of voters, drops the coupon into the box for coupons, and only after that opens the ballot box slot, enabling the voter to drop the ballot into the ballot box.

25.16 Any voter leaving a voting booth is obliged to cast their ballot.

25.17 Citizens of the Republic of Armenia having consular registration in foreign countries participate in the elections of the President of the Republic at diplomatic offices and consulates of the Republic of Armenia.

25.18 Five days prior to the day of elections, the CEC sends the data on registered candidates for President of the Republic to diplomatic representations of the Republic of Armenia and to consulates. The Ambassador or consul provides the preparation of ballots according to demands of this law.

25.19 The Ambassador or consul of the Republic of Armenia, in the manner prescribed by this law, prepares and conducts the elections, summarizes the results, composes the protocol, and sends the data of protocol by official telegram to the Central Electoral Commission. The mentioned protocol with all electoral documents are sent, sealed, immediately by special mail to CEC.

25.20 No precincts are organized in military sub-units or hospitals. The citizens of the Republic of Armenia at military service or at military training camps vote in the precincts determined by the Regional Electoral Commissions.