NKR REFERENDUM. OBSERVERS FIXED NO SERIOUS VIOLATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.12.2006 17:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the very day of the referendum the observers,
whose signatures come below, visited 137 polling stations and were
present during the counting of the votes in 32 polling stations. The
list of the voters embraced 89 044 people. The observers wеre
given the opportunity to familiarize themselves, without restriction,
with documents, the samples of the ballots, the resolutions of
referendum commissions, the journals, as well as receive copies
and make extracts from them, says the report issued by international
observers on the results of the constitutional referendum in Karabakh,
reports the NKR MFA press office.

"We have not faced any restrictions of our right as observers and
mass media representatives, including freedom of movement.

The ballot-boxes were installed in places visible for the persons
authorized to be present at the polling stations.

We have not fixed any serious violations either in the registration
of voters and voting organization or in the processing the votes and
transportation of the vote counting protocols from precincts to the
regional (city) referendum commissions, and then – to the CRC.

At the polling stations we discovered no facts of administrative
or law-enforcement bodies` interference in the work of the election
commissions.

During the whole day of elections, the rate of attendance was reported
every 3 hours. Finally, the participation of voters made up 87, 02 %.

There were all conditions and terms made to keep the secrecy of
ballot. The voters, we had spoken with, expressed their satisfaction
as to the information on preparation and conducting the referendum
by the media.

In general, the voting was held in a cheerful, but quiet
atmosphere. The attendance of the voters was high practically
everywhere. Anyway, some problematic tendencies were observed on
the very day of the referendum. Particularly, not every voter used
the separation for confidential voting. Some cases of family voting
were observed. The majority of the polls were hardly reachable for
the physically disabled and the aged. We have observed some queues
of the voters in some districts. However, this cannot be regarded as
a violation, but rather a positive moment," the document says.