1. The Central Electoral Commission has seven members. The members of the Central Electoral Commission are appointed by the President of the Human Rights Defender, Chairman of the Court of Appeals of the Republic of Armenia and the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia. The members of the Commission are appointed for a period of 6 years.
The Human Rights Defender is an official, who, acting pursuant to the Constitution and the Law of the Republic of Armenia, as well as principles and norms of International Law, on behalf of the State protects the human rights and fundamental freedoms violated by central and local government agencies or their officials.
2. Three members of the Central Electoral Commission are appointed by the proposal of the Human Rights Defender, two by the proposal of the Chairman of the Court of Appeals, two by the proposal of the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates. The members proposed by the Chairman of the Court of Appeals and the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates must be representatives of different sexes and at least one out of the two members proposed by each Chairman should have an education or an academic degree in the field of law.
3. An Armenian citizen can be eligible to be selected as a member of the Central Electoral Commission who is not involved in social and political activities and has:
- a higher education in the field of law and 3 years of professional work experience in his field in at least the past 5 years
- an academic degree in law and 3 years of professional work experience in his field in at least the past 5 years
- a higher education and 5 years of work experience in the public services in the state bodies in at least the past 10 years, or
- a higher education and 3 years of work experience in the current electoral commission in at least the past 5 years.
4. The Head of the Central Electoral Commission, the Deputy Head of the Central Electoral Commission and the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission should be elected by the Commission from among its members:
5. The details of the member candidates of the Central Electoral Commission are presented to the Staff of the President of the Republic not earlier than 30 days and not later than 20 days before the voting till 6 pm. The member candidates are informed about the day of the job expiry of the current commission member by the Head of the Central Electoral Commission not earlier than 50 days before the job expiry day.
6. The Decree of the President of the Republic about the appointment of the new members is published not later than 7 days before job expiry of the current member.
7. In case of an early job termination of a member of the Central Electoral Commission the vacant position is occupied in a period of 21 days. The new member should work in the commission for as long as the early terminated member did not work at the Commission. If this period is below 1 year then the new member gets to have the job for as long as it was supposed to be occupied plus 6 extra years.
8. The right to nominate candidates for the positions of the Head of the Central Electoral Commission, the Deputy Head of the Central Electoral Commission and the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission belong to the members of the Central Electoral Commission.
9. The Head, The Deputy Head and The Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission should be elected by an open vote. If only one person has been selected as a candidate for the Head, Deputy Head or Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission then he should be elected if he receives the majority of the votes of the voters. If more than one person has been selected as a candidate for the Head, Deputy Head or Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission then the candidate to receive the majority of the votes gets elected. In case of a tie, the candidate gets selected by a draw.
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