Hayk Sargsyan, a member of the “My Step” faction of the National Assembly of the 7th convocation, a candidate for the “Civil Contract” party, published a photo from the polling booth of the polling station today, on 20 June.

It should be noted that Article 154 of the Criminal Code stipulates a penalty for violating the secrecy of the ballot, according to which ․

1. Forcing the voter to divulge the results of the ballot, checking the ballot list to reveal the results of the vote, entering the ballot booth (room) as well as breaching the confidentiality of the voting otherwise, is punished with a fine in the amount of fine of 500-700 thousand drams or imprisonment for up to 2-5 years.
2. Voting by the voter open to third parties (except for the person assisting the voter) with a visible vote result, as well as violating the secrecy of the ballot by publishing a photo or video recording of the document revealing the result of the vote, is punishable by a fine of 100-200 thousand drams.

In addition, Article 40․1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses sets out the fines for campaigning on election day or the day before, according to which։ “Campaigning through public speeches and public events on the day before the voting shall result in a fine of 400-600 thousand drams.

Campaigning through the print media, radio and television broadcasting (including satellite broadcasting) or the Internet on the day before the election and on the day before the election shall result in a fine of 500-700 thousand drams against the person or manager conducting the media.”