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Armenia's police denies there are additional electoral lists and says
all inaccuracies removed
YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. All voters in Armenia are included in
the electoral register and personal information about each constituent
is entered into the register just once, Hovhannes Kocharyan, who is in
charge of Police visa and passport department, assured today.
A post was made on presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian's Facebook
page today that the campaign headquarter of the incumbent president
and candidate Serzh Sargsyan uses additional electoral lists at the
capital's polling stations.
The post specifically signals the names of the voters appearing in the
additional lists are not excluded fr om the general electoral sheet
which lists their residence addresses, thus `a legal framework is
built for the second-time voting.'
According to Kocharyan, as of February 17, the number of citizens
listed in the register accounted to 2 million 505 thousand 980.
`Also, the names of 14, 285 voters entered into the general register
are temporarily removed fr om the sheet that lists their residence
addresses and included into the additional lists of those polling
stations wh ere they went to vote,' he said.
Moreover, Kocharyan said 502 voters, who had no residence registration
in Armenia, are included into an additional electoral sheet of a
nearby polling station.
`Besides, 1,719 names of policemen are also removed from the sheet
listing their residence address and listed in the sheet of the polling
station wh ere they are appointed to monitor the elections. Another
1,628 people who are currently undergoing a treatment in medical
facilities are listed in the electoral sheets of those medical
facilities,' he added.
Kocharyan informed his office reviewed 4,018 signals on inaccuracies
in polling stations from January 9 to February 13, and of them 1,928
were received during the Police investigation, 2,090 - from other
parties of the polling process.
`Total of 19 amendments were enacted to remove those inaccuracies in
the lists. Names of 2,028 dead citizens were also removed from the
lists,' he highlighted.
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all inaccuracies removed
YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. All voters in Armenia are included in
the electoral register and personal information about each constituent
is entered into the register just once, Hovhannes Kocharyan, who is in
charge of Police visa and passport department, assured today.
A post was made on presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian's Facebook
page today that the campaign headquarter of the incumbent president
and candidate Serzh Sargsyan uses additional electoral lists at the
capital's polling stations.
The post specifically signals the names of the voters appearing in the
additional lists are not excluded fr om the general electoral sheet
which lists their residence addresses, thus `a legal framework is
built for the second-time voting.'
According to Kocharyan, as of February 17, the number of citizens
listed in the register accounted to 2 million 505 thousand 980.
`Also, the names of 14, 285 voters entered into the general register
are temporarily removed fr om the sheet that lists their residence
addresses and included into the additional lists of those polling
stations wh ere they went to vote,' he said.
Moreover, Kocharyan said 502 voters, who had no residence registration
in Armenia, are included into an additional electoral sheet of a
nearby polling station.
`Besides, 1,719 names of policemen are also removed from the sheet
listing their residence address and listed in the sheet of the polling
station wh ere they are appointed to monitor the elections. Another
1,628 people who are currently undergoing a treatment in medical
facilities are listed in the electoral sheets of those medical
facilities,' he added.
Kocharyan informed his office reviewed 4,018 signals on inaccuracies
in polling stations from January 9 to February 13, and of them 1,928
were received during the Police investigation, 2,090 - from other
parties of the polling process.
`Total of 19 amendments were enacted to remove those inaccuracies in
the lists. Names of 2,028 dead citizens were also removed from the
lists,' he highlighted.
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_police_denies_there_are_additional_elect oral_lists_and_says_all_inaccuracies_removed/