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Article 10
 

Including voters in the list


1. The list of voters of a community shall be drawn up on the basis of the Register of Voters of the Republic of Armenia by electoral precincts, which shall include persons having the right to vote during the relevant election pursuant to Article 2 of this Code.


2. In case of every election, a voter may be included only in one list of voters and only once.


3. In case of elections of the National Assembly, voters having registration in another community shall, no later than 10 days before the Election Day, submit an application to the authorised body or to the head of its relevant subdivision (hereinafter referred to as “the authorised body”) on temporary withdrawal from the list of voters of place of registration, indicating the address of their place of residence on the Election Day. The authorised body shall, within a 3-day period following the receipt of the application, temporarily remove the data of the voter from the list of voters of place of registration and add them in the list of voters of the electoral precinct at the place of residence. In case of submitting an application on behalf of another person, the applicant shall be obliged to submit power of attorney certified by a notary. The authorised body shall provide the applicant with a relevant statement of information thereon. The forms of the application and a certificate shall be established by the CEC.


4. During elections of the National Assembly, members of Precinct Election Commission (hereinafter – PEC) may be included in the list of voters of the electoral precinct per place of location where they are appointed as PEC members, by being temporarily removed from the list of voters of place of registration. The application for including PEC members in the lists of voters of the electoral precinct of place of location may also be submitted to the authorised body by the political party that has appointed him or her, or by the chairperson of the TEC on the basis of the application of the member of the PEC no later than 10 days before the Election Day, by 14:00. The form of the application shall be established by the CEC.


5. For the purpose of participating in the voting, during elections of the National Assembly, voters having no registration in the Republic of Armenia shall, no later than 10 days before the Election Day, submit an application to the authorised body on being temporarily included in the list of voters, indicating the address of their place of residence in the Republic of Armenia on the Election Day. The authorised body shall, within a 3-day period following the receipt of the application, include the voter in the list of voters of the electoral precinct of his or her place of residence in the Republic of Armenia on the Election Day and shall provide him or her with a statement of information thereon. The forms of the application and a certificate shall be established by the CEC.


6. During elections of the National Assembly, the Police under the Government of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as “the Police”) shall — no later than 10 days before the Election Day, by 14:00 — draw up a list of police officers seconded to electoral precincts on the Election Day, indicating the surname, name, patronymic, year, month and day of birth (hereinafter referred to as “the date”), the address of the place of registration of police officers and the number of the electoral precinct. Based on these lists, the authorised body shall temporarily remove police officers from the list of voters of their place of registration and shall include them in the list of voters of the precincts they are seconded to.


7. During elections of the National Assembly, the head of the medical institution providing inpatient care shall — no later than 7 days before the Election Day, by 14:00 — submit to the authorised body the list of voters undergoing inpatient treatment and having no possibility to be present on the Election Day in the polling station on their own but willing to participate in the voting in the medical institution providing inpatient care, indicating the surname, name, patronymic, the date of birth and the address of the place of registration of the voter.
Based on the submitted lists, the authorised body shall temporarily remove the voters undergoing inpatient treatment from the list of voters of their place of registration and shall — in accordance with the requirements for the lists of voters as prescribed by Article 11 of this Code — draw up a supplementary list of voters participating in the voting in a medical institution providing inpatient care.


8. During elections of the National Assembly, military servicemen undergoing compulsory fixedterm military service, as well as contract military servicemen registered within the territory where the military units are located, members of their families, registered together with them within the same territory, who have the right to vote shall be included in the list of voters of the military unit.


9. During elections of the National Assembly, the Ministry of Defence, the National Security Service and the Police shall — no later than 50 days, 10 days and 6 days before the Election Day —submit to the authorised body and the CEC the number of voters registered in military units, troops of the National Security and the Police respectively, as prescribed by the CEC.


10. Contract military servicemen registered outside the territory of a military unit shall be included in the list of voters under the general procedure.


11. The Governor of the penitentiary institution shall — no later than 10 days, 5 days and 3 days before the Election Day — submit to the CEC the number of voters registered in the penitentiary institution, as prescribed by the CEC.
The list of voters registered in the penitentiary institution shall — 3 days before the Election Day — be drawn up by the Governor of the penitentiary institution.