§ Article 34(untitled)

Rights, responsibilities and guarantees for activities of a proxy

1. A proxy shall have the right to:

 (1) participate, in an advisory capacity, in the sittings of a commission, be
 present in the voting room during the voting;

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(2) 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;

(3) 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 persons having participated in the voting, during the voting),

 relevant court judgments, the relevant statement of information provided to

 the elector by the authorised body, as well as ballot papers voted on and

 marks made thereon. Not intervening in the activities of the electoral

 commission and not hindering the voting process, independently make

 extracts and notes from election-related documents (except for lists of

 electors having participated in the voting, voting passes), during the

 recount of voting results, independently make extracts from lists of electors

 having participated in the voting. 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;

(4) in the manner and cases prescribed by this Code, appeal against the

 decisions, actions, omission of the electoral commissions;

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

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

 adhesive stamps;

(6) be present — without intervening in the activities of the member of
 commission and the person maintaining the technical equipment
 (hereinafter referred to as “the specialist”) — near the commission
 members, identifying the electors, providing a ballot paper and a ballot

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 envelope, and the specialist, the member controlling the ballot box, as well
 as observe their activities;

 (7) submit observations and recommendations to the chairperson of the
 commission with regard to activities of the electoral commission;

 (8) exercise other rights reserved thereto by this Code.

2. A proxy shall exercise his or her rights as prescribed by this Code.

 Proxies shall not have the right to intervene in the activities of an electoral
 commission, to give instructions to members of the electoral commission, to
 intervene in the process of voting.

3. One proxy of each candidate for head of community and member of council of
 elders and one proxy of each political party running in elections may be present
 at the sitting of the electoral commission and in a voting room during the voting.
 During elections of the National Assembly up to 2 proxies of each political party
 running in elections may be present at the sitting of the electoral commission
 and in a voting room during the voting.

 Candidates included in the electoral list of political parties, running in elections
 of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor may
 not have proxies.

 Proxies 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.

4. No limitation of the rights of proxy prescribed by this Code shall be allowed. No

 one (including electoral commissions) shall have the right to remove the proxy

 from the voting room or otherwise exclude him or her from the activities of the

 commission, except for cases where he or she violates the requirements of this

 Code in such a way that essentially hinders the smooth operation of the electoral

 commission or the smooth voting process. The chairperson of the electoral

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 commission may remove the proxy from the sitting of the commission and from

 the polling station on the voting day, upon a decision adopted by at least 2/3 of

 the votes of the total number of members of the electoral commission. Where

 the chairperson of the commission asks a proxy to leave the polling station or the

 sittings of the commission, a relevant entry shall be made in the registration book

 of the electoral commission, indicating the reasons.

 (Article 34 amended, edited by HO-158-N of 20 October 2016)

 (Amendments to Article 34 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)