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PART 2

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.

IMPORTANT

As of 4 pm, 17.746 voters out of 38032 persons entitled to vote in Council of Elders election in Vanadzor voted at 34 polling stations of electoral district № 30.

At some polling stations, the data on voters provided by observers and commissions differ.

The number of registered voters in Vanadzor is 96.548.

Overcrowding, transporting voters

Polling station 30/58: a white minibus with public number plate 0544L transported voters.

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

Polling station 34/56: cars constantly bring elderly persons to the polling station.

Polling station 34/59: a group of persons said they were taken to polling station by cars and were made to vote for № 2.

Disclosure of secrecy of the ballot 

Polling station 30/27: in the presence of an observer, 2 voters called someone and informed them for whom they voted.

Voting instead of another person

Polling station 34/76: the observer alerts an incident of voting instead of another person.
Polling station 34/39: the observer alerts an incident of voting instead of another person.
Polling station 30/49: a person came to vote and found that someone had already voted for him. The chairperson of the commission did not allow to vote.

Other violations of voting procedure

Polling station 30/56: starting from 12 pm, the data on voter turnout provided by the observers and the commission differed. As of 2 pm, the difference made about 30 voters with a ratio of 410-440.

Polling station 30/27: an empty envelope was found in the voting booth.

Polling station 30/55: 2 different persons voted using a biometric passport.

Polling station 30/47: a person came up a mobile observer and said that after leaving the polling station, voters entered the campaign headquarters of ‘Armenian Renaissance’ party.

Polling station 30/16: an observer reported that a deputy of the National Assembly came to his polling station and said that the small window on the voting booth should be opened to show the voter. The chairperson of the commission refused to fulfill the deputy’s requirement.

Polling station 30/40: An observer notes that a commission member removes the voting ballots from the stubs regardless of whether there are voters or no. The observer suggested several times that the chairperson of the commission stopped the violation, but the latter did nothing. The fact was recorded in the register.

Polling station 34/81: An observer says that a commission member turned over the voting lists page by page and made some notes in his mobile phone.

Polling station 34/33: A proxy wrote out some data from the voters’ list.

Polling station 34/33: a proxy carries on writing out some data illegally from the voters’ list and a candidate is near the polling station and influences the voters

Polling station 34/27: some people try to vote by biometric passports.

Polling station 34/33: some people try to vote by biometric passports.

Polling station 34/65: Near the voters’ lists in the corridor of the polling station, a stranger has followed the voters for over 3 hours.

Polling station 34/13: A voter informed that the ink of the stamp evaporates.

Polling station 34/64: Armen Gabrielyan, ‘Gortsarar’ Party’s proxy, who shoved the proxy of ‘Balasanyan Alliance’ Party and disrupted the normal course of elections, is at the voting station.

Polling station 34/72: voter Mkrtich Hovhannisyan /patronymic: Hakob/ voted by his driving license.

Polling station 30/50: same vehicles regularly bring and take away people to and from the polling station.

Polling station 30/20: a person’s name and surname cannot be found in the voters’ list. The latter changed registration address 2 months ago.

Polling station   30/16: the chairperson of the commission shows inaction in terms of violations.

Polling station 30/19: a commission member came out of the polling station taking away personal seal.

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor

Goris Press Club

Union of Informed Citizens

Armenian Helsinki Committee

Martuni Women’s Community Council

See also: HCA Vanadzor and Partners’ Report on Progress of Local Elections of October 2 in Vanadzor and Gyumri as of 12.00 pm