Voting

1. Immediately after having received the voting slip, the voter shall approach the commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes and present the voting slip.

2. During elections of the National Assembly, a commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes shall hand out to the voter one ballot paper for every political party running in the elections and one ballot envelope. The voter may not refuse to accept all the ballot papers.
During elections of Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, as well as Head of the community and member of council of elders, a commission member responsible for handing out ballot papers and ballot envelopes shall hand out to the voter one ballot paper and one ballot envelope (and in case several votes are held simultaneously — ballot papers and ballot envelopes).
The voter shall proceed to the voting booth to vote.

3. During elections of the National Assembly, the voter shall choose one of the political parties running in the elections through placing the ballot paper of that political party in the ballot envelope. In case of electing any of the candidates in the district candidate list, the voter shall put —on the 2nd page of the ballot paper of the political party he or she has chosen — a uniform mark, as prescribed by the CEC, in the tick box next to the name of the candidate he or she is voting for. The ballot paper shall be placed in the ballot envelope without folding. Unused ballot papers shall be dropped in a separate box installed in the voting booth.

4. During elections of Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, the voter shall, as prescribed by the CEC, put a uniform mark in the tick box next to the name of the political party he or she is voting for and shall place the ballot paper in the voting envelope.

5. During the election of Head of the community and member of council of elders, the voter shall, as prescribed by the CEC, put a uniform mark in the tick box next to the name of the candidate he or she is voting for. In case 1 candidate is voted on, the voter shall mark next to the word “for” if he or she will vote for the candidate: next to the word “against” if he or she will vote against the candidate. In case several voting processes are held simultaneously, the voter shall place every ballot paper in the relevant envelope.

6. It shall be prohibited to enquire, in any manner, how he or she has voted.

7. Immediately after voting, the voter shall approach the member posting sticker at the ballot box and responsible for the ballot box and shall hand over the voting slip thereto. The commission member shall check the pass, may also, on his or her own initiative or upon request of another member of the commission or a proxy, verify the identification document of the elector. The commission member shall, without taking the ballot envelope from the elector, post a sticker on the ballot paper through the cut of the ballot envelope, after which shall open the slot of the ballot box and enable the voter to drop the ballot envelope in the ballot box.
Where the voter fails to present a voting slip, the member posting sticker and responsible for the ballot box shall inform the chairperson of the PEC, who shall take the ballot envelope from the elector, immediately cancel it, without verifying the content of the envelope.

8. Where during the voting, sticker allocated to the member posting sticker and responsible for the ballot box have run out, the chairperson of the PEC shall hand over to him or her the next set of new sticker, after receiving the voting slips therefrom. Voting slips shall be counted, and the number shall be recorded in the registration book of the PEC.
The member posting sticker and responsible for the ballot box — at the end of his or her shift as well as at the end of the voting — shall hand over the unused sticker and the voting slips received from voters to the chairperson of the commission. Voting slips and the unused sticker shall be counted, and the numbers shall be recorded in the registration book of the PEC.

9. The voter who is unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own, shall have the right to invite, after having notified the chairperson of the election commission, another person into the voting booth, who must not be a member of election commission, proxy, observer, mass media representatives, visitor.
The person shall have the right to assist only one voter who is unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own. Except for the mentioned case, the presence of another person in the voting booth while filling in the ballot paper shall be prohibited. The data of the person assisting the voter unable to fill in the ballot paper on his or her own shall be entered in the registration book of the PEC.

10. If the voter finds that he or she has filled in the ballot paper incorrectly or has damaged it, he or she may apply to the chairperson of the commission to receive a new ballot paper. Upon the assignment of the chairperson of commission, a new ballot paper shall be allocated to the voter (in case of elections of the National Assembly — one ballot paper of every political party running in the elections).Incorrectly filled-in (damaged) ballot paper (ballot papers) shall be immediately cancelled.

11. The voter shall not have the right to announce in the polling station how he or she has voted.

12. After the voting, the voter shall immediately leave the polling room.

13. During the voting, the candidate, the candidate included in the candidate list of a political party running in the elections shall be prohibited from staying at the polling station or in the area up to 50 metres radius adjacent to a polling station, except for the case of participation in the voting.

14. Where the commission member, the proxy or the observer finds that cases of violations of the voting procedure have taken place in the voting process as provided for by this Code, he or she shall have the right to demand that his or her position be recorded in the registration book of the PEC.