CEC wont accept documents at 6:01 p.m.
The Central Electoral Commission confirmed today the schedule for preparing and holding the events leading up to the May 31 aldermen's council elections and Head of the Central Electoral Commission Garegin Azaryan gave a report on the schedule.
Based on the schedule, the political parties and alliances of parties must present the required documents to the CEC 70 days before the day of the elections (March 17-22 until 6 p.m.)
The pre-election fund will be formed starting from March 17, while the electoral committees of the precincts will be formed during the week of May 5-8. The lists of voters will be posted in the precincts starting from April 21 and the deadline for posting the final version is May 29.
The candidates will kick off their campaign on May 2 and end on May 29. Ballots will be ready during the week of May 22-28.
Citizens of Yerevan will cast their votes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 31. The CEC will sum up the preliminary results of the elections in the course of 24 hours after the elections, that is, they will be ready by June 1 at 8 p.m. The final results will be summed up by June 7.
"If elections end well, the newly elected aldermen's council will hold its first session on June 7," said Azaryan in closing.
Representative of "Heritage" party at the CEC Zoya Tadevosyan wanted to know if the CEC would take into account changes made in the parties and alliances before registration of candidates.
"No documents or changes in decisions are accepted according to the Electoral Code. We can't even accept any document at 6:01 p.m. starting May 22," said Azaryan noting that the CEC will hold its next session on March 22 at 6 p.m. when it will announce the names of those who have presented the documents for registration.
