According to the new package of the Electoral Code, approximately 200,000 names will be removed from the voter list. The main speaker of the draft at the National Assembly Hamazasp Danielyan mentions and describes how the system will work.
They will increase transparency in all circles. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will be clearer for journalists and observers, and the accounts of political parties will be more open to the public.
It is more clarified in the law what is meant by the use of administrative resources; and accordingly, clear rules have been established that will keep civil servants in the field of political restraint. Another clause stipulates that citizens accused of electoral crimes cannot be included in the election commissions.
Debates will become mandatory in this and next elections. This will refer not only to the parliamentary elections, but also to the local elections taking place in large communities. Cable media outlets will be monitored.
The procedure for holding local elections during martial law and state of emergency has also changed. If until now it was excluded, from now on in some cases it will be possible to hold an election.
