Funding of election commissions, remuneration of members of election commissions

1. Election commissions shall be funded, and members of election commissions shall be remunerated at the expense of the funds of the State Budget as prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On remuneration for persons holding state positions” and this Article. The CEC may also have an extra-budgetary account for implementing programmes aimed at improving the quality of electoral administration and technical re-equipment of election commissions.

2. The official pay rates for members of the CEC shall be prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On remuneration for persons holding state positions”.

3. The chairperson of PEC, secretary or members of PEC shall not be remunerated where they failed to sign the PEC results protocol, or their powers have terminated early.

4. Up to 30 per cent of the funds available on the special account of electoral deposits of the CEC may — in accordance with the budget approved by the decision of the CEC for every year — be used for studying the practice of election administration, implementation of programmes aimed at improving the quality of election administration, for technical re-equipment of election commissions, and for preparation and publishing of materials with regard to electoral legislation.
The funds remaining on the special account of electoral deposits of the CEC may — upon the decision of the CEC — be used for technical re-equipment of election commissions and for preparation and publishing of materials with regard to electoral legislation.