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Article 59
 

Ballot paper, ballot envelope, stickers


1. The sample of the ballot paper shall be defined by the relevant election commission in such a way as to ensure secrecy of voting. The ballot paper must contain a notice on the procedure for filling in the ballot paper.


2. The ballot envelope shall be made from opaque paper. The sample and sizes of the ballot envelope shall be established by the CEC in such a way as it allows the sticker to be posted on the ballot paper in the envelope.


3. A sticker shall be a typographically printed stamp with protective layers, which bears the abbreviation of the name of the election, the date of the voting and the number of the electoral precinct. The sticker shall be subject to special registration.


4. The printing of ballot papers, ballot envelopes and stickers shall be ensured by the CEC.


5. The ballot papers shall be printed no earlier than 10 days and no later than 3 days before the Election Day, on the basis of statement of information on the number of voters, provided by the authorised body 10 days before the Election Day.
Sticker shall be printed for every precinct by rounding the number of voters in the electoral precinct up to the nearest hundred.


6. During elections, ballot papers, ballot envelopes shall be allocated to PECs on the day preceding the Election Day, in a quantity exceeding the number of voters by up to 5 per cent, but no less than 10 more than the number of voters in the electoral precinct. The whole run of sticker printed for the given electoral precinct shall be allocated on the day preceding the Election Day to the relevant PEC.


7. During elections of the National Assembly, in case the registration of the candidate list of the political party running in the elections is declared invalid or revoked after the ballot papers have been printed, the ballot papers of that political party shall be removed from the voting and cancelled, whereas in case the registration of a candidate included in the district candidate list of the political party running in the elections is declared invalid or revoked, the name of that candidate shall be removed from the ballot papers as prescribed by the CEC.


8. During elections of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, in case the registration of the candidate list of the political party running in the elections is declared invalid or revoked after the ballot papers have been printed, whereas during elections of the Head of the community and member of the council of elders, in case the registration of a candidate is declared invalid or revoked, the name of that political party or the name of the candidate shall be removed from the ballot papers as prescribed by the CEC.