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What measures, if any, are being taken to limit the so-called voter incentives - free bus rides, free health care, cash payments -- that occurred in Armenia's 2007 parliamentary election? |
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Article 18 of Armenia's election code names bans the "giving or promising [of] money, food products, stocks, goods or [to] compensate and promise services, free of charge or under privileged conditions." However, only one woman was punished for giving an $8 bribe during the 2007 parliamentary election.
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The Expat Vote |
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How will Armenians living abroad vote? |
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March 2007 election law amendments stipulate that Armenian elections can only take place within the Republic of Armenia. Thus, the estimated 600,000 Armenian citizens living abroad will not be able to vote in the 2008 presidential election. Supporters of the amendment contend that Diaspora members would otherwise be able to influence Armenia's elections; opposition members argue that the amendment works against them. "The authorities understand very well that people living or working abroad mainly have opposition opinions since they are far from their homes and families because they cannot find work in their homeland," commented Heritage Party Secretary Stepan Safarian. The CEC, however, reports that only about 26,000 voters living outside of Armenia took part in the 2005 constitutional referendum, the last time expatriate voting was allowed.
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Voting Clock |
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When does voting start and end? |
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Voting begins at 8.00 am local time and ends at 8.00 pm.
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Results |
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When will the election results be announced? How will the votes be counted? |
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Initial results will be announced after 24 hours, and will be published on the Central Election Commission's website at http://www.elections.am. Final official results must be announced no later then February 26. The president-elect must have won the vote by an absolute majority. Any run-off will occur two weeks after the February 19 election.
Tabulation of the paper ballots is done by hand. Polling stations will submit protocols to territorial electoral commissions, which submit the data to the Central Election Commission via a local computer network for compilation of the final results.
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Disputing the Results |
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What is the process for disputing the election results or reporting a suspected violation of election law? |
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Requests for vote recounts must be made to territorial election commissions between February 21 and February 25. The results of the election can be challenged at the Constitutional Court within a seven-day period after the declaration of the official results.
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