§ Article 60(untitled)

Seal, individual seal of the member of precinct electoral
 commission, ballot box, technical equipment

1. Samples of the seals of electoral commissions and of the individual seals of
 members of precinct electoral commission shall be approved by the Central
 Electoral Commission. They shall be prepared upon the order by the Central
 Electoral Commission.

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2. The seal of a precinct electoral commission must bear a 4-digit number.

3. The precinct electoral commission shall be provided with technical equipment for
 registration of electors.

 The technical equipment must contain the electronic list of electors.

 The technical equipment must be furnished with software for registering the
 voting participants, excluding their double registration and other type of software
 prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission. At least 30 days before the
 voting for elections of the National Assembly, the technical equipment software
 must be accessible to representatives of political parties running in elections for
 conducting technical audit. Preparation of the electronic list of electors for
 instalment in the technical equipment shall be subject to oversight by
 representatives of political parties running in elections of the National Assembly.
 Technical audit and oversight over the preparation of the electronic list shall be
 organised as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.

 For the purpose of ensuring maintenance of the technical equipment in precinct
 electoral commissions, the Central Electoral Commission shall — for each precinct
 electoral commission — engage up to 4 specialists, on a contractual basis.

 A person who meets the requirements prescribed by the Central Electoral
 Commission for professional knowledge and job skills, has command of the
 Armenian language, has attained the age of 18 may be a specialist ensuring
 maintenance of the technical equipment. Public servants may be engaged as
 specialists as well. The procedure for the selection, training and testing of
 professional knowledge and job skills of specialist maintaining the technical
 equipment shall be prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.

 Remuneration of the specialist shall be established in the amount of 120 per cent
 of the nominal amount of the minimum monthly salary prescribed by the
 legislation of the Republic of Armenia. Remuneration shall be made after the
 summarisation of election results.

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4. The Central Electoral Commission shall transfer seals of precinct electoral

 commissions to district electoral commissions no earlier than 5 days and no later

 than 3 days before the voting day in such a way that each electoral precinct is

 provided with one seal, carrying out solely quantitative counting of the

 transferred seals.

5. The district electoral commission shall transfer the seal to chairpersons of

 precinct electoral commissions on the day preceding the voting, each

 chairperson shall get one seal. The district electoral commission shall, in the

 quantity established by the Central Electoral Commission, transfer technical

 equipment (with downloaded electoral lists of electors) to chairpersons of

 precinct electoral commissions on the day preceding the voting. The procedure

 for using more than one technical equipment in the precinct electoral

 commission shall be prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.

6. The seals of precinct electoral commissions shall be submitted to the Central

 Electoral Commission within a 3-day period after the end of voting.

 In case of holding a second round of election, repeat voting or a new regular or

 a new election, new seals shall be provided to precinct electoral commissions.

7. Members of precinct electoral commissions shall be provided with distinctive

 individual seals on the day preceding the voting, by drawing of lots. After the end

 of voting, individual seals shall be packed and placed in the sack.

8. At least one ballot box shall be allocated to each precinct electoral commission.

 More than one ballot box may be used in a precinct electoral commission as

 prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.