14. Procedures for Reviewing Applications Concerning Errors in Voter Lists and for Correcting Voter Lists
1. No later than seven days before the voting day, every one shall have the right to apply to his or her community head about correcting errors in voter lists, or with a request to add him/her to the lists or to remove him/her from the lists. Anyone may also apply for the same purpose to the head of the Authorized Agency or its appropriate divisions no later than five days before the voting day.
Parties shall also have the right to request corrections in voter lists within the timeframe specified in this Paragraph.
2. Within two days of receiving such an application, the community head shall forward the application and his/her opinion on the matter to the head of the appropriate division of the Authorized Agency.
3. Within one day of receiving the application, the head of the Authorized Agency or its appropriate division shall make the appropriate changes or corrections in the voter lists (provided there are sufficient grounds for doing so, as set out in this Code) and notify the applicant about it in writing.
4. The head of the appropriate division of the Authorized Agency shall inform the Authorized Agency of changes made in the voter list in order for the Authorized Agency to make appropriate changes or corrections in the Republic of Armenia Voter Register.
5. Disputes about errors in voter lists may be appealed to in a procedure and timeframes set forth by the Republic of Armenia Administrative Procedure Code..
6. Verdicts on applications about correcting the voter lists or adding the applicant to voter lists, which were submitted within five days before the voting day or on the voting day, shall be reached in such a time period as to enable the voter to cast his/her vote.
7. Changes to voter lists, based on verdicts to add the applicants in voter lists, which were reached within five days before the voting day or on the voting day, shall be made by the appropriate Precinct Electoral Commissions, on the voting day, by means of compiling supplementary lists in accordance with procedures defined in Article 14.1 of this Code.
8. Electoral commissions shall have no right to make any changes (corrections or additions) to voter lists, including the supplementary lists, at their own initiative.
Article 14.1. Supplementary Voter Lists
1. Precinct Electoral Commissions shall compile supplementary voter lists in accordance with procedures defined in this Code.
2. Supplementary lists of precinct voters shall include citizens who have presented court verdicts in accordance with Paragraph 6 of Article 14 of this Code, as well as citizens registered in the area of the precinct, but not included in the voter list, provided there is a statement issued by the appropriate division of the Authorized Agency. The form of the statement issued by the division of the Authorized Agency for submission to the precinct electoral commission, certifying that a voter is not included in the voter list, shall be defined by the Central Electoral Commission.
3. Supplementary voter lists shall be compiled in accordance with criteria for voter lists submitted to Precinct Electoral Commission for voting, as set out in Article 11 of this Code, but they shall also have an additional column to record the number, day, month and year of the court verdict to add the person in the voter lists or of the statement issued by the appropriate division of the Authorized Agency.
4. Each page of supplementary voter lists shall be signed and stamped by the chairman of the appropriate Precinct Electoral Commission; after the voting is finished, the commission chairman shall write down the total number of voters included in the supplementary voter list, at the end of the list. Documents supporting the inclusion of citizens in supplementary lists shall be attached to those lists.
