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Article 52
 

Powers of district electoral commission


1. District electoral commission is a standing state authority. District electoral commission shall:


(1) exercise supervision over fulfilment of the requirements of this Code at a district under the service thereof;


(2) approve the samples of ballot papers for elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, head of community and member of council of elders; 


(3) prescribe the sequential numbers of electoral precincts in compliance with the procedure prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission and submit such data to the Central Electoral Commission within a 2-day period;


(4) provide information on its own activities and the activities of precinct electoral commissions to the Central Electoral Commission;


(5) consider the applications with regard to the decisions, actions and omissions of precinct electoral commissions, review or abolish the decisions of precinct electoral commissions which are in conflict with this Code;


(6) publish, in cases prescribed by this Code, preliminary voting results by electoral precinct, based on the data in protocols of precinct electoral commissions;


(7) organise and hold elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, as well as local self-government bodies at communities included in the district under the service thereof and summarise their results;


(8) monitor the process of posting the lists of electors for public information purposes at electoral precincts;


(9) supervise the process of relevant furnishing of the voting rooms in accordance with the requirements of this Code;


(10) register electoral lists of political parties running in elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, as well as candidates for head of community and member of council of elders; issue a certificate, in the form established by the Central Electoral Commission, to candidates included in the electoral list of political parties running in elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor and to candidates for member of council of elders;


(11) register members of the elected Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor and issue a certificate in the form established by the Central Electoral Commission;


(12) declare the voting results at the electoral precinct as invalid;


(13) perform other powers provided for by this Code.