CEC WON’T ACCEPT DOCUMENTS AT 6:01 P.M.

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[07:54 pm] 26 February, 2009

The Central Electoral Commission confirmed today the schedule for
preparing and holding the events leading up to the May 31 aldermen’s
council elections and Head of the Central Electoral Commission Garegin
Azaryan gave a report on the schedule.

Based on the schedule, the political parties and alliances of parties
must present the required documents to the CEC 70 days before the
day of the elections (March 17-22 until 6 p.m.)

The pre-election fund will be formed starting from March 17, while the
electoral committees of the precincts will be formed during the week of
May 5-8. The lists of voters will be posted in the precincts starting
from April 21 and the deadline for posting the final version is May 29.

The candidates will kick off their campaign on May 2 and end on May
29. Ballots will be ready during the week of May 22-28.

Citizens of Yerevan will cast their votes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May
31. The CEC will sum up the preliminary results of the elections in
the course of 24 hours after the elections, that is, they will be ready
by June 1 at 8 p.m. The final results will be summed up by June 7.

"If elections end well, the newly elected aldermen’s council will
hold its first session on June 7," said Azaryan in closing.

Representative of "Heritage" party at the CEC Zoya Tadevosyan wanted
to know if the CEC would take into account changes made in the parties
and alliances before registration of candidates.

"No documents or changes in decisions are accepted according to the
Electoral Code. We can’t even accept any document at 6:01 p.m. starting
May 22," said Azaryan noting that the CEC will hold its next session
on March 22 at 6 p.m. when it will announce the names of those who
have presented the documents for registration.