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Article 60
 

Seal, individual seal of the PEC member, ballot box, technical equipment


1. Samples of the seals of election commissions and of the individual seals of PEC members shall be approved by the CEC. They shall be prepared upon the order by the CEC.


2. The seal of a PEC must bear a 4-digit number.


3. The PEC shall be provided with technical equipment for registration of voters.
The technical equipment must contain the electronic list of voters. The technical equipment must be furnished with software for registering the voting participants, precluding their double registration and other type of software prescribed by the CEC. At least 30 days before the voting for elections of the National Assembly, the technical equipment software must be accessible to representatives of political parties running in the elections for conducting technical audit. Preparation of the electronic list of voters for instalment in the technical equipment shall be subject to oversight by representatives of political parties running in the elections of the National Assembly. Technical audit and oversight over the preparation of the electronic list shall be organised as prescribed by the CEC.
For the purpose of ensuring maintenance of the technical equipment in PECs, the CEC shall — for every PEC — engage up to 4 specialists, on a contractual basis.
A person who meets the requirements prescribed by the CEC for professional knowledge and job skills, has command of the Armenian language, has attained the age of 18 may be a specialist ensuring maintenance of the technical equipment. Public servants may be engaged as specialists as well. The procedure for the selection, training and testing of professional knowledge and job skills of specialist maintaining the technical equipment shall be prescribed by the CEC.
Remuneration of the specialist shall be established in the amount of 120 per cent of the nominal amount of the minimum monthly salary prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
Remuneration shall be made after the summarisation of election results.


4. The CEC shall transfer seals of PECs to TECs no earlier than 5 days and no later than 3 days before the Election Day in such a way that every electoral precinct is provided with one seal, and carries out solely quantitative counting of the transferred seals.


5. The TEC shall transfer the seal to chairpersons of PECs on the day preceding the voting, every chairperson shall get one seal. The TEC shall, in the quantity established by the CEC, transfer technical equipment (with uploaded voter lists) to chairpersons of PECs on the day preceding the voting. The procedure for using more than one technical device in the PEC shall be prescribed by the CEC.


6. The seals of PECs shall be submitted to the CEC within a 3-day period after the end of voting.
In case of holding a second round of election, re-voting or a new regular or a new election, new seals shall be provided to PECs.


7. PEC members shall be provided with distinctive individual seals on the day preceding the voting, by drawing of lots. After the end of voting, individual seals shall be packed and placed in the sack.


8. At least one ballot box shall be allocated to every PEC. More than one ballot box may be used in a PEC as prescribed by the CEC.