Funding of electoral commissions, remuneration of members of electoral commissions

1. Electoral commissions shall be funded, and members of electoral 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 Central Electoral Commission may also have an extra-budgetary account for implementing programmes aimed at improving the quality of electoral administration and technical re-equipment of electoral commissions. 

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

3. The chairperson of precinct electoral commission, secretary or members of the commission shall not be remunerated where they failed to sign the protocol on the voting results of the electoral precinct, 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 Central Electoral Commission may — in accordance with the budget approved by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission for each 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 electoral 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 Central Electoral Commission may — upon the decision of the Central Electoral Commission — be used for technical re-equipment of electoral commissions and for preparation and publishing of materials with regard to electoral legislation.