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Article 2
 

The citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have attained the age of 18 years, also in the elections to local self-governing bodies the people in the Republic of Armenia who have the status of a refugee and who have attained the age of 18 years have the right to vote.

During the elections to local self-governing bodies the rights and obligations of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia in accordance to this Code shall be spread over also the people who have the status of a refugee or who have the right to vote with the refugee certificate received as established.

2. During the preparation and conduct of the elections, the citizens of the Republic of Armenia who live or are living outside Armenia, have the electoral right. The Diplomatic and Consular Missions of the Republic of Armenia, in accordance with the procedures set by this Code and by Central Electoral Commission, guarantee the realization of the electoral right of Armenian citizens.

3. Citizens' electoral right is regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and this Code.

4. Disabled people, as well as the voters that have difficulty to participate in the elections, arrive at the

Precinct centers and participate in the voting according to the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.

5. Citizens who have been recognized as incapacitated by a court ruling, as well as those that have been

sentenced to imprisonment and endure punishment by a court judgment entered into legal force, cannot elect and be elected.

6. Citizens who are military servicemen performing their military service or participating in military training cannot participate in elections to local self-governing bodies and National Assembly elections under majoritarian system.

(Amend. of March 23, 1999 LA-286; October 16, 1999 LA-2; April 21, 2000 LA-47; July 31, 2002 LA-406-P)