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Article 34
 

Rights, responsibilities and guarantees for activities of a proxy


1. A proxy shall have the right to:


(1) participate, in an advisory capacity, in the sessions of a commission, be present in the polling room during the voting;


(2) get familiar with election related documents under the disposal of the CEC, TEC and independently make extracts, receive copies of the documents which are not posted on the website of the CEC;


(3) get familiar — in the presence of the chairperson, secretary of the PEC or one of the members of the commission as assigned by the chairperson of the commission — with election related documents under the disposal of the PEC (except for lists of persons having participated in the voting, during the voting), relevant court judgments, the relevant statement of information provided to the voter by the authorised body, as well as ballot papers voted on and marks made thereon. Not intervening in the activities of the election commission and not hindering the voting process, independently make extracts and notes from election related documents (except for lists of voters having participated in the voting, voting slips), during the recount of voting results, independently make extracts from lists of voters having participated in the voting. During the voting, it shall be prohibited to make extracts and notes from lists of voters having participated in the voting and from voting slips;


(4) in the manner and cases prescribed by this Code, appeal against the decisions, actions, inaction of the election commissions;


(5) observe, as prescribed by the CEC, the processes of printing, transportation, keeping and counting of ballot papers and sticker;


(6) be present — without intervening in the activities of the member of commission and the person maintaining the technical equipment (hereinafter referred to as “the specialist”) — near the commission members, identifying the voters, providing a ballot paper and a ballot envelope, and the specialist, the member controlling the ballot box, as well as observe their activities;


(7) submit observations and recommendations to the chairperson of the commission with regard to activities of the election commission;


(8) exercise other rights reserved thereto by this Code.


2. A proxy shall exercise his or her rights as prescribed by this Code.
Proxies shall not have the right to intervene in the activities of an election commission, to give instructions to members of the election commission, to intervene in the process of voting.


3. One proxy of every candidate for Head of the community and member of council of elders and one proxy of every political party running in the elections may be present at the session of the election commission and in a polling room during the voting. During elections of the National Assembly up to 2 proxies of every political party running in the elections may be present at the session of the election commission and in a polling room during the voting.
Candidates included in the candidate list of political parties, running in the elections of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor may not have proxies.
Proxies shall be obliged to register in the registration book of the election commission for being present at the sessions of the election commission, as well as during the voting, in the polling room.


4. No limitation of the rights of proxy prescribed by this Code shall be allowed. No one (including election commissions) shall have the right to remove the proxy from the polling room or otherwise exclude him or her from the activities of the commission, except for cases where he or she violates the requirements of this Code in such a way that essentially hinders the smooth operation of the election commission or the smooth voting process. The chairperson of the election commission may remove the proxy from the session of the commission and from the polling station on the Election Day, upon a decision adopted by at least 2/3 of the votes of the total number of members of the election commission. Where the chairperson of the commission asks a proxy to leave the polling station or the sessions of the commission, a relevant entry shall be made in the registration book of the election commission, indicating the reasons.