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Article 7
 

1. Elections are prepared and conducted in a transparent way.

2. Decisions of electoral commissions, national government and local self-governing bodies, related to the preparation and conduct of elections are published in the official press, within three days after the decisions have been taken.

3. In the course of the sessions of the commissions and during the voting, in the way prescribed by this Code, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission ensures the participation of proxies, observers and the representatives of mass media, in the activities of electoral commissions and ensures necessary and equal working conditions for them.

4. Three days before the elections of the President of the Republic and to the National Assembly the Central Electoral Commission publishes the total number of the voters in the Republic of Armenia.

5. In the procedure prescribed by this Code, citizens are informed about the composition, location and working hours of Electoral Commissions, on the formation of precincts and precinct centers, on the dates for presenting appeals about the inaccuracies in the voter lists, on the nomination and registration of candidates, on the day of voting and the election results.

6. On the voting day, the precinct electoral commissions shall transfer data to the Territorial Electoral Commission periodically – every three hours – on the number of voters that have participated in voting. The Territorial Electoral Commissions summarize these data; make them public and periodically – every three hours – forward them to the Central Electoral Commission. During national elections (Presidential elections as well as regular and extraordinary elections to National Assembly are considered to be national elections) the Central Electoral Commission, starting from 11:00 a.m., regularly announces the data on the number of voters that have participated in the elections. The last data are made public not later than 11:00 p.m. The Central Electoral Commission officially publishes the final data on the number of voters that have participated in the elections on the next day at 12:00 p.m.

7. During the sessions of the electoral commissions, as well as at any time during the voting, proxies, accredited observers and the representatives of mass media have the right to be present at the precinct center.

8. Immediately after the voting is completed, from 8:00 p.m. until the announcement of the preliminary results of elections, periodically – every three hours – there shall be live TV and radio transmission from the Central Electoral Commission.

(Amend. of March 23, 1999 LA-286; July 31, 2002 LA-406-P)