Home > 1.3.2.3 Counting procedures/validity of ballots > ARMENIA- Final Opinion on the Amendments to the Electoral Code
 
 
 
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Paragraph 24
 

The amendment to Article 58 adopts a previous recommendation that a marked ballot paper is valid if the voter’s intention is clear and unambiguous. Paragraph two of Article 58 adopts this rule, with the additional requirement that the ballot does not contain any marks that could reveal the voter’s identity. However, an additional sub-paragraph 6 is added into Article 58, specifying that a ballot is invalid if “procedure of marking a mark in a ballot set out by article 57 of this Code was violated.” This provision seems too strict, as it allows the invalidation of ballots for minor violations, even when the identity of the voter was not revealed.