98 Cases of Voter Registration Machine Malfunction Reported in First Four Hours of Election Day
April 2, 2017 | 14:00
The Citizen Observer Initiative’s 3112 independent and unbiased observers have been carrying out election monitoring activities since the early morning hours of the day at 1521 precincts across Armenia. Additionally, 38 mobile observation teams have been covering the districts of the 38 district electoral commissions.
As of 12 noon, observers have registered 681 in the pre-vote preparation, voting period, and general irregularities, violations, or issues, all of which are currently being verified.
In particular, the following violations have been registered:
98 caes of electronic machines malfunction
77 cases of open voting
38 cases of violation of the secrecy of the vote by voters
38 cases of oversight/monitoring of voting by persons other than the voter
50 cases of influencing and directing voters
45 cases of congregation of people and cars
40 cases of violations of the voter assistance procedures
34 cases of presence of unauthorized persons at precincts
27 cases of unauthorized movement of ballot papers in/out of precincts
21 cases of violation of precinct commission lottery rules
20 cases of discrepancy between ID cards/passports and registration machines
19 cases of absence of voter names in registration machines
18 cases of violation of observer rights
18 cases of violation of proxies
11 cases of late opening of precincts
10 cases of campaigning in precincts
9 cases of signatures instead of another voter
7 cases of voting rights violations
6 cases of attempted duplicate voting
3 cases of intimidation and violence
92 other violations
The Initiative’s observers have registered 247 violations in the precinct logs, consisting of pre-vote preparation, voting period, and general irregularities, violations, or issues.
The Initiative’s violations map includes entries from the Citizen Observer Initiative, Independent Observer Public Coalition, and the Armenia Helsinki Committee observation missions.
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Observers Mission is funded by the European Union and co-financed by the National Endowment of Democracy within the 2017 Parliamentary Elections National Observation progamme.