Central Electoral Commission [CEC] of Armenia received the first complaints from ballot stations

2008-02-19 16:01:00

ArmInfo. Central Electoral Commission [CEC] of Armenia received the
first official complaints from ballot stations. Secretary of CEC
Abraham Bakhchagulyan said they received two complaints and one report.

He also added that they received a complaint from 10/35 ballot station
that its chairman and his deputies were trying to force making public
the voting results. The point is the given ballot station is located at
one of prisons where all 25 prisoners voted at 10:00 AM. Chairman of
the ballot station told prisoners that the commission is calculating
the data but they can make public the results only at 20:00 PM. The
second complaint was received from the electoral district 10/23,
where the results of drawing on electing chairman and secretaries
of the ballot station are not in line with the results submitted to
observers. But CEC members clarified there is no mistake. CEC member
Z.Tadevosyan informed CEC that as of 8:00 AM only one drawing for
election of a chairman and secretaries was held at ballot stations
4/22 and 4/26. This omission was corrected by Tadevosyan himself.

To note, as of 14:00 PM 36,48% of citizens voted at the presidential
election in Armenia. Bakhchagulyan also said that if compared with
the parliamentary election in 2007 today’s election are more active
and there are queue at many ballot stations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress