Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

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The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of the Republic of Armenia (Armenian: ՀՀ Կենտրոնական ընտրական հանձնաժողով) organizes elections and referendums of Armenia. It controls the whole electoral process, counts and publicizes results. Before the formation of the Republic of Armenia in 1991, the Central Electoral Commission activities were carried out by the Soviet Socialist Armenian law about the Election of People's Deputies. According to the law adopted in August 2011 concerning organizing and conducting presidential elections of Republic of Armenia, there should be three levels of electoral commissions:

  1. The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia of the President of Armenia
  2. Urban and Regional Electoral Commissions of the President Elections of the Republic of Armenia
  3. Precinct Electoral Commissions of the President Elections of the Republic of Armenia

Structure

The Central Electoral Commission has 7 members since June 2011, who are appointed by suggestions of President of Armenia, Ombudsman, president of Appellate court and president of control chamber. Members are assigned for six years with a few exceptions. Republic of Armenia is divided into 41 districts and 13 of them are located in Yerevan.

CEC President

The President of CEC is Tigran Mukuchyan.

Deputy CEC President

Deputy CEC President is Laura Galstyan

CEC President Secretary

CEC President Secretary is Armen Smbatyan

Other Members

Formation

1. The Central Electoral Commission has seven members. The members of the Central Electoral Commission are appointed by the President of the Human Rights Defender, Chairman of the Court of Appeals of the Republic of Armenia and the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia. The members of the Commission are appointed for a period of 6 years. 2. Three members of the Central Electoral Commission are appointed by the proposal of the Human Rights Defender, two by the proposal of the Chairman of the Court of Appeals, two by the proposal of the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates. The members proposed by the Chairman of the Court of Appeals and the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates must be representatives of different sexes and at least one out of the two members proposed by each Chairman should have an education or an academic degree in the field of law. 3. An Armenian citizen can be eligible to be selected as a member of the Central Electoral Commission who is not involved in social and political activities and has:

4. The Head of the Central Electoral Commission, the Deputy Head of the Central Electoral Commission and the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission should be elected by the Commission from among its members: 5. The details of the member candidates of the Central Electoral Commission are presented to the Staff of the President of the Republic not earlier than 30 days and not later than 20 days before the voting till 6 pm. The member candidates are informed about the day of the job expiry of the current commission member by the Head of the Central Electoral Commission not earlier than 50 days before the job expiry day. 6. The Decree of the President of the Republic about the appointment of the new members is published not later than 7 days before job expiry of the current member. 7. In case of an early job termination of a member of the Central Electoral Commission the vacant position is occupied in a period of 21 days. The new member should work in the commission for as long as the early terminated member did not work at the Commission. If this period is below 1 year then the new member gets to have the job for as long as it was supposed to be occupied plus 6 extra years. 8. The right to nominate candidates for the positions of the Head of the Central Electoral Commission, the Deputy Head of the Central Electoral Commission and the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission belong to the members of the Central Electoral Commission. 9. The Head, The Deputy Head and The Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission should be elected by an open vote. If only one person has been selected as a candidate for the Head, Deputy Head or Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission then he should be elected if he receives the majority of the votes of the voters. If more than one person has been selected as a candidate for the Head, Deputy Head or Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission then the candidate to receive the majority of the votes gets elected. In case of a tie, the candidate gets selected by a draw.

Obligations

1. The Central Electoral Commission is a public authority which organizes elections and controls their process. The Central Electoral Commission

2. Within 3 months of the publication of the results of national elections, the Head of the Central Electoral Commission or a member appointed by him comes to the National Assembly with a message about the election process, analyses of Electoral Code violations and legislative amendments to the Electoral Code. This message is posted on the Central Electoral Commission web site. 3. The Central Election Commission may be appealed to the Government of the Republic of Armenia, to improve the electoral law amendments.

Committee

  1. Local electoral committee is in charge of defining the three members of local electoral commission who will sign all the sheets with the names of electors and the election ballots as well with the draw that takes place the day before the elections.
  2. The president and the secretary of local electoral committee are not participating in a draw that defines the distribution of functions among the members of the Commission.
  3. By the reserved authorization of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and the Code of laws the committee is in charge of ensuring the realization of its duties according to the Constitution and the Code of laws.
  4. The committee should organize and manage the whole process of the elections, preparation and the calculation of the ballots.
  5. The committee should manage and spend the budgeted money for the preparation and the process of elections.
  6. The committee should research, observe and promulgate the decisions made by the committee.
  7. The committee should provide the necessary documents concerned to the organizing and processing elections.
  8. The structure of the committee is based on the structural departments and divisions and sub departments as well.
  9. The committee is run by the president and the vice president of the committee
  10. The head of the committee is the president of the commission

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