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Article 73
 

Actions of TEC after receiving the protocols of PECs


1. The TEC shall check the validity of drawing up the PEC results protocols, in case of arithmetic errors, the chairperson or the secretary of the PEC shall correct them and certify the corrections with their signatures. The baseline data shall not be modified. Data produced by the PEC by way of counting one by one shall be deemed baseline data.


2. The TEC shall enter, as prescribed by the CEC, the data of protocols on the voting results in the electoral precinct into a computer by means of special software. The software shall ensure reasonable guarantees against errors generated by the incorrect data input. The TEC shall regularly but no less than every 3 hours, print the tabulation of the voting results. The tabulation certified by the signatures of the TEC chairperson (deputy chairperson) and the secretary, and by the seal of the commission shall be immediately posted at the commission, in a place visible to all. The TEC shall complete the entry into a computer of data of PEC results protocols no later than within 20 hours after the end of voting. The TEC shall tabulate the voting results according to electoral precincts, as well as total results.


3. The TEC shall immediately post at the commission the final copy of the tabulated voting results, certified by signatures of the chairperson (deputy chairperson) and the secretary of the commission, and by the commission seal, in a place visible to all. Upon their request, persons having the right to be present at the session of the election commission shall receive 1 copy of the tabulated voting results within the service area of the TEC, certified by signatures of the chairperson (deputy chairperson) and the secretary of the commission, and by the commission seal.
During elections of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan, the TEC shall submit —24 hours after the end of voting — 1 copy of the PEC results protocol, to the CEC.


3.1. During the elections of the National Assembly, the TEC shall — on the day following the Election Day, from 12:00 — carry out scanning of the lists of voters, which may be followed by the PEC members, candidates, proxies, observers and mass media representatives.
The lists of voters shall be scanned in accordance with the procedure and standards prescribed by the CEC, so that the ordinal number in the list of voters of the given electoral precinct, surname, name, patronymic, date of birth, address of the place of registration of the elector, as well as the columns envisaged for the signature of the elector, the individual seal of the member of the commission responsible for the registration of the voter are visible.
The scanned lists of voters shall, no later than 24 hours after the launch of scanning activities, be officially published and posted on the website of the CEC, with the possibility to download and to search by electoral precincts.


4. During elections of the National Assembly, the obtaining, as prescribed by the CEC, from technical equipment information on participation in the elections and containing fingerprints of voters and entering it into the computer, shall be organised by means of special software.


5. During elections of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan, the TEC shall not draw up a protocol on summarisation of the voting results, for recounting of the voting results, it shall investigate, within the deadlines established by this Code, the violations recorded in the registration books of PECs on the Election Day, summarise the investigation results at the session of the commission, and submit the decision adopted thereon to the CEC.