§ Article 32(untitled)

Rights, responsibilities and guarantees for activities of an
 observer, mass media representative, visitor

1. An observer, mass media representative, visitor shall have the right to:

 (1) be present at the sittings of electoral commission and, during the voting, in

 the voting room as well;

 (paragraph removed by HO-119-N of 30 June 2016)

 (2) observe, as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission, the processes

 of printing, transportation, keeping and counting of ballot papers and self-

 adhesive stamps;

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 (3) get acquainted with election related documents under the disposal of the

 Central Electoral Commission, district electoral commission, and

 independently make extracts, receive copies of the documents which are

 not posted on the website of the Central Electoral Commission;

 (4) get acquainted — in the presence of the chairperson, secretary of the

 precinct electoral commission or one of the members of the commission as

 assigned by the chairperson of the commission — with election related

 documents under the disposal of the precinct electoral commission (except

 for lists of electors having participated in the voting, during the voting),

 relevant court judgments, the relevant statement of information provided to

 the elector by the authorised body. Not intervening in the activities of the

 electoral commission and not hindering the voting process, independently

 make extracts from election related documents (except for lists of persons

 having participated in the voting, voting passes). During the voting, it shall

 be prohibited to make extracts and notes from the lists of persons having

 participated in the voting and from the voting passes,

 (5) freely move in the voting room for observing the ballot papers, ballot

 envelopes, lists of electors and the ballot box;

 (6) publicly, including through the mass media, express an opinion, make a

 statement on organising and holding of elections;

 (7) enjoy other rights provided for by this Code.

2. When exercising their rights, an observer, visitor shall be obliged to be unbiased,

 neutral, not to express a prejudiced position publicly nor display a preferential

 attitude towards any issue related to the authorities or opposition, candidates,

 political parties running in elections. Observers may submit their personal

 observations to electoral commissions through the report of the observation

 mission. Observers shall base all their findings on their personal observations.

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3. An observer, visitor, mass media representative shall not have the right to

 intervene in the activities of an electoral commission and in the process of voting,

 to conduct a campaign, to give instructions, make claims to members of the

 electoral commission.

4. An observer, mass media representative, visitor shall be obliged to register in the

 registration book of the electoral commission for being present at the sittings of

 the electoral commission, as well as during the voting, in the voting room.

 An observer, mass media representative, visitor shall be obliged to — for being

 present at the electoral commission and, during the voting, also in the voting

 room — mandatorily carry, in a visible manner, the certificate of the established

 sample issued by the Central Electoral Commission. (sentence deleted by

 HO-119-N of 30 June 2016)

5. No limitation of the rights of observer, mass media representative, visitor,

 prescribed by this Code, shall be allowed. No one (including electoral

 commissions) shall have the right to remove an observer, mass media

 representative, visitor from the polling station or otherwise exclude them from

 the activities of the commission, except for the cases provided for by parts 5 and

 8 of Article 31 and part 7 of Article 65 of this Code.

 In case an observer, mass media representative, visitor is asked to leave the

 polling station or the sittings of the electoral commission, a relevant entry shall

 be made in the registration book of the electoral commission together with an

 indication of the reasons.

 (Article 32 amended, supplemented by HO-119-N of 30 June 2016, amended,
 edited by HO-158-N of 20 October 2016)

 (Amendments to Article 32 shall be applied upon entry into force of Law
 HO-158-N of 20 October 2016, starting from the first round of election of
 the National Assembly)

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 Article 33. Status of proxy

1. Political parties running in elections — after registering the electoral lists, and
 candidates, after having registered — may have proxies for the purpose of
 protecting their interests in electoral commissions, in their relations with state
 and local self-government bodies, organisations, mass media. Only persons
 having the right of suffrage may act as a proxy.

2. After registration of candidates for head of community and member of council of
 elders (except for members of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri and
 Vanadzor), electoral lists of political parties running in elections, the electoral
 commission making the registration shall within a 5-day period provide the
 candidate, authorised representative of the political party running in elections
 with proxy certificates equal to the 3-fold of the number of the formed electoral
 precincts. The relevant commission shall indicate in the certificate the name of the
 political party running in elections, the name, patronymic, surname of the candidate
 for head of community, member of council of elders. The candidate or his or her
 authorised representative or the authorised representative of the political party
 running in elections shall complete the certificates and provide them to proxies.

3. Judges, prosecutors, officers of the Investigative Committee, officers of
 investigation bodies, officers of the Police, the National Security Service, the
 Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service, officers of the Penitentiary
 Service, officers of the Probation Service, the Rescue Service, military servants,
 observers, candidates, members of electoral commissions may not act as a proxy.

 (Article 33 amended, supplemented by HO-318-N of 4 May 2018)