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Article 72
 

Registration of the Candidate Nominated for the President of the Republic

1. Each nominated presidential candidate can be registered upon the nomination by one party or by one initiative group.

2. The Central Electoral Commission considers the registration of a candidate nominated for the President of the Republic, if within the term established by points one and two of Article 89 of this Code the following documents have been submitted:

1) Official paper for the support of nomination filled out in the procedure established by Article 69 of this Code;

2) The receipt to the citizen nominated to run in Presidential elections, on the payment of the electoral deposit;

3) Reference on the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia for the last ten years for the citizen nominated to run in Presidential elections;

4) Reference on the permanent residence in the Republic of Armenia during the last ten years for the citizen nominated to run in Presidential elections;

5) The written statement of the nominee on the willingness to be registered as a candidate for the President of the Republic;

6) The declaration of the citizen nominated to run in Presidential elections on his/her private property and his/her and his/her family members’ income for the last one year.

3. References mentioned in the sub-points three and four, of point two of this Article are allocated to the citizen nominated for the candidate by the authorized state body, within three days after the application has been presented, in the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.

4. Upon the receipt of the documents required for the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic by the Central Electoral Commission and until his registration, the nominee or his plenipotentiary representative is entitled to attend the session of the Central Electoral Commission, with an advisory vote.

5. The Central Electoral Commission publishes the communiqué on the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic within three days.