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PART 3

Electoral districts № 30 and 34

HCA Vanadzor, jointly with Union of Informed Citizens, Goris Press Club, Martuni Women’s Community Council and Armenian Helsinki Committee, carries out observation at 34 polling stations of the electoral district № 30 and 46 polling stations of the electoral district № 34.

The observation mission consists of 200 observers; respectively, 85 observers at polling station № 30 and 115 observers at polling station № 34.

Voting instead of another person

At polling station 30/03, the observer reported that a voter came to vote but there already was a signature in front of their name.

At polling station 34/48, the observer reported that a proxy signed in the voting list instead of a voter.

At polling station 34/82, the observer reported that another person voted instead of a voter.

Double voting attempt

At polling station 30/49, a person came to the polling station to vote for the second time, but the chairperson of the commission asked him out of the polling station.

Attempt to vote using ID documents not prescribed by law

At polling station 34/78, some persons wished to vote using biometric passports.

Attempt to vote without any ID documents

At polling station 30/07, an unidentified person did not register and entered to the voting booth without any ID document.

Disclosure of secrecy of the ballot 

At polling station 30/14, the observer said that 2 young men came to vote and the chairperson of the commission noted that one of them took picture of his ballot and then it turned out that the other young man took picture of his ballot, too. The chairperson of the commission called the police who took away the young men.

At polling station 34/75, a person took picture of his ballot after voting, and the chairperson of the commission drew up a protocol.

Inaccuracies in voting lists; listing of voters

At polling station 30/16, the observer reported that 3 women came to the polling station but the name of one of them was not found in the list and she was not allowed to vote. Then the woman complained saying that she had found her name in the list at the campaign headquarters. The observer had a face-to-face talk with the woman and found out that her name was included in the list at campaign headquarter of ‘Armenian Renaissance’ Party.

Vote bribe

At polling station 30/47, a person came up to a mobile observer and said that after leaving the polling station, voters entered the campaign headquarters of ‘Armenian Renaissance’ party. Other persons also provided similar information. Also, some people said that voters got money in a minibus.

Transportation of voters

At polling station 30/14, the observer alerted that a minibus with number plate 0485L brought voters to the polling station.

Copying data in a list by commission member out of the list signed by voters  

At polling station 34/04, an ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation) party member responsible for the commission lists took out of his pocket a list, made some notes there and again put it away.

Presence of strangers at polling station

At polling station 34/08, a headmaster and some staff members of the school regularly entered the polling station. The chairperson of the commission showed inaction.

Interfering with observers’ rights

Outside polling station 34/08, some strangers prohibited the observers from observing the surroundings in a radius of 50 meters. The chairperson of the commission showed inaction.

Vanishing seal ink  

At polling station 30/40, the observer alerted that the ink for sealing passports vanished very soon.
At polling station 30/58, the ink vanished.

Violation not recorded in register

At polling station 34/59, a person called Hovhannes was registered as a PAP’s (‘Prosperous Armenia’ Party) proxy in the morning and at 5:52 pm stated that he changed his powers and would act as an observer on behalf of PAP. The chairperson of the commission made no records in the register but asked the person out.

At polling station 34/81, a person called Artur Israyelyan was registered in the morning as a PAP’s proxy and left the polling station. At 5:15 pm, he came back and introduced himself as an observer from ‘Democracy Right International Center’. An observer informed of this the chairperson of the commission who made no records in the register but asked the person out.

Other violations

At polling station 30/06, the ballot box was not closed as prescribed by law and no protocol was drafted.
At polling station 34/27, 2 envelopes were missing, as compared to the prescribed quantity of envelopes. The chairperson of the commission added the missing envelopes from the safe.
At polling station 34/79, the lock of the safe was defective.

Voter turnout at observed polling station as of 8 pm

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor

Goris Press Club

Union of Informed Citizens

Armenian Helsinki Committee

Martuni Women’s Community Council

Տես նաև՝ ՀՔԱ Վանաձորի գրասենյակի և գործընկերների ընթացիկ զեկույցը՝ հոկտեմբերի 2-ին Վանաձորում և Գյումրիում տեղի ունեցող ՏԻՄ ընտրությունների ընթացքի մասին՝ ժամը 12.00 -16.00-ի դրությամբ

ՀՔԱ Վանաձորի գրասենյակի և գործընկերների զեկույցը հոկտեմբերի 2-ին Վանաձորում և Գյումրիում տեղի ունեցող ՏԻՄ ընտրությունների ընթացքի մասին՝ ժամը 12.00 -ի դրությամբ