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    NO NEW VIOLATIONS

    A1+
    01:36 am | June 01, 2009

    Politics

    The violations registered at the polling stations until now are
    classic violations. There were rumors that there would be new
    violations during these elections, yet we haven't seen such yet,"
    "Civil Society Institute" representative, "hotline" coordinator Artak
    Kirakosyan told "A1+".

    As of 2 p.m., the "Hotline" had already received nearly 40 alarms
    from observers, proxies and voters. In addition, 20 rapid reaction
    automobiles were touring the polling stations without waiting for a
    specific alarm.

    Touring the polling stations of the Avan district, we found out that
    the main electoral violations were connected with placement of voting
    booths. For instance, the voting booths at the 1/1 polling station of
    the district were clung to the wall and were facing the commission,
    making the voter look towards the commission.

    President of the polling station commission Vardan Muradyan assured
    us that voters had a hard time moving around at the station due to
    the small size of the station. That is why they had fixed a chain at
    a 1.5-2 meter distance.

    This is not a violation of the law. All commission members gave their
    consent and it was the report was drawn up," assured the commission
    president referring to the RA "Electoral Code".

    It seemed that the area at the 1/2 polling station was rather large,
    but the voting booths were installed in the opposite direction
    again. President of this staton's commission Hranush Khachatryan
    assured us that they installed the booths like that because the tables
    had to be at a distance of 1 meter.

    We were caught by surprise at the 1/19 polling station. True, the
    voting booths were installed by law, but they were near the door and
    in front of the windows. President of the commission Tamara Vahanyan
    assured us that it has been like that during all elections and there
    have never been any problems. According to him, they hadn't received
    any warnings from the Central Electoral Commission. We talked about
    ANC proxy Andranik Petrosyan, but he also didn't see any violation
    of the law.

    The situation was more ridiculous at the 1/3 polling station. A young
    man came out of the "Z" taxi with a list in his hand and tried to enter
    the polling station. We asked him what the lists were and he said
    that they were the lists of residents living on the 4th cul-de-sac
    in Avan district, so that "the people at the polling station could
    participate in the vote."

    "We haven't brought the list to the polling station. We are simply
    checking to see that everybody comes to vote," said the young man.

    Let us mention that as of 4 p.m, nearly 900 people had cast their
    votes at this polling station and at 1 p.m., Prime Minister Tigran
    Sargsyan came to the 10/21 polling station at the Levon Shant school
    to cast his vote.

    Journalist for "168 Hours" Armine Avetyan and "Transparency
    International" representative Sona Ayvazyan were beaten up.
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