Criminal case instituted for attempt to vote for several times

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: By the instructions of the prosecutor of the Malatia-Sebastia administrative district a criminal case was instituted for the attempt to vote for several times at the polling station 8/23.As Armenpress was reported by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, by the materials prepared by the Police it was defined that at about 13:00 pm on May 5 2013 the citizen of the Malatia-Sebastia administrative district David Mkrtchyan went to the polling station 8/23 to vote in the Yerevan City Council Elections and tried to vote for several times with three ballots, but the member of the electoral commission Knarik Gevorgyan noticed that and did not let David Mkrtchyan vote.

A criminal case was instituted on the incident according to the 1st part of the 34-153rd article of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. A preliminary investigation is being carried out.

The final number of the Yerevan voters is 816 475, about 3000 of which are not citizens of the Republic of Armenia, but have the right to vote (refugees, people having special residency status and those, who have permanent and temporary residence status).

The voting will end at 20:00. The preliminary results of the voting will be summed up at 20:00 on May 6. The final report will be made on May 12, seven days after the voting day.

The voting for the Yerevan City Council Elections has been launched on May 5. At 08:00 am all the 464 electoral offices were open in 13 electoral districts. The campaign was launched on April 7 and ended on May 3. The political forces struggle for 65 places in the Yerevan Council. 26 local and 1 international organizations will carry out observing mission during the Yerevan City Council Elections.

The necessary documents for the elections were submitted to the Central Electoral Commission by 6 parties and one alliance - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), The Rule of Law, Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), Armenian National Congress (ANC), Mission Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and Hello,Yerevan.