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Article 17
 
Formation of Precinct Centers

 

1. Precinct centers shall be formed by community leaders no later than 45 days before the voting day.

2. In the event of impossibility of holding the voting at the precinct center, the community leader shall change the location of the precinct center at the request of the chairman of the Precinct Electoral Commission, at least 3 days before the voting day or, in the case of emergency (natural disaster, accidents, fire), on the voting day or within two days before it, with the consent of the chairman of the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission.

3. Community leaders shall inform citizens about the formation of electoral precincts and precinct centers within two days and in accordance with procedures defined by the Central Electoral Commission; the same information shall also be provided to heads of institutions in charge of the premises where precinct centers are located.

4. Community leaders shall immediately inform the citizens, if the location of their precinct center changes in accordance with procedures described in Paragraph 2 of this Article.

 

17.1 Electoral Districts

1. Districts, the number of which equals to the number of seats in the National Assembly under majoritarian system, shall be formed in the territory of the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of organizing and holding elections.
2. Districts shall be formed and numbered by the Central Electoral Commission, on the basis of the number of voters included in the Republic of Armenia National Voter Register.
3. Districts shall constitute a single territory. Precincts without a shared border may not be included in one district.
4. The boundaries of each district shall be set in such way as to make sure that all districts have approximately the same number of voters, taking into consideration the geographic, topographic and physical characteristics of the area, availability of means of communication, social and administrative factors; for each district, the deviation caused by the aforementioned characteristics may not exceed 10 percent of the ratio of the total number of eligible voters to the number of districts or, in exceptional cases, 15 percent. If the difference between the number of voters in the district and the ratio of the total number of voters to the number of districts, in absolute terms, exceeds 10% of the ratio of the total number of voters to the number of districts, then the Central Electoral Commission shall be required to specify in its decision all the factors supporting such a decision and justify their impact.
5. The Central Electoral Commission shall publish the list and the plan of the numbered electoral districts in the official bulletin, on its website and in a print medium with circulation of at least 3,000 copies within 30 days of the change in the number of electoral districts, set out by this Code, going into effect.
6. Boundaries of electoral districts shall not change during extraordinary elections or National Assembly by-elections under majoritarian system.
7. The Central Electoral Commission’s decision on the formation and numbering of electoral districts may be appealed in a court in a procedure and timeframes set forth by the Republic of Armenia Administrative Procedure Code..