Daniel Ioannisyan: Significant changes will be introduced in the  Electoral Code of Armenia

ArmInfo. Substantial amendments will be made to the Electoral Code of Armenia. This was stated on June 20 by the secretary of the governmental working group on reforming the  IC, head of the Public organization "Aware citizen" Daniel Ioannisyan 

in an interview with journalists.

He noted that the Electoral Code has a number of shortcomings, in 

particular, on the provisions governing the procedure for holding 

early elections. "The constitutional term for holding early elections 

is 30-45 days, but there are functions that must be carried out by 

various bodies, for example, two months before the elections, for 

example, the president appoints elections in 35 days, however, how 2 

months before the election can to develop a methodology for the 

Commission on Public Television and Radio, or how the police can make 

electoral lists 40 days before the election, and this is also a 

mandatory requirement of the acting IC, that is, the law has serious 

shortcomings associated with Thus, many provisions of the IC need to 

be changed, and this, in my opinion, is not subject to discussion," 

Ioannisyan said.

He also stressed that the working group proposes to completely 

abolish the rating system of elections. "The issue of changing the 

system of elections to local self-government bodies is also being 

discussed," the expert said.

As for the innovations in the draft IC, Ioannisyan stressed that one 

of the mechanisms discussed for eliminating double voting is 

fingerprinting using colorless ink. The next innovation is that from 

now on the voters will not have to make a pen in the ballots: "It 

will be sufficient for the voter to put a ballot in the envelope with 

the name of the political force he elects."