Approved by Decision #4/27 of
the Central Election Commission
dated on June 27, 2003

INSTRUCTION

ON ORGANIZATION OF VOTING IN MILITARY UNITS
DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 15, 2003

1. The military servants shall vote in ordinary election precincts established in the territory where the military unit is located. Voting stations can be created in the military units located outside of the settlements only in circumstances if it is needed more than 1 hour to transport military servants by means of public transport to ordinary voting stations and if the number of military servants is more than 50.
In such circumstances, voting stations shall be created within the period defined by Article 35.2 of this Code, in exceptional cases, they shall be created at least 5 days prior to the voting day by the commanders of the military units in accordance with the decision of relevant constituency election commission.

2. Military servants from frontier troops and military servants located at the areas of military conflicts, as well as those serving under special regime, shall vote in election precincts created within their military units. A voter shall receive a ballot paper upon producing his/her officer’s military badge or military ID together with the voter’s card.

3. Conditions for all members of the precinct election commission and superior election commissions, registered candidates and their representatives, authorized representatives of political parties and blocks of political parties and observers to access easily the working rooms of election commission and voting cabins in the election precincts should be provided in conformity with the rules defined by this Code.

4. Voters lists for the precincts established within the territory of military units shall be specified by the precinct election commissions on the basis of information on voters provided by the commanders of military units at least 25 days prior to the election day.

5. In military units the election precincts should be established by the commanders of the military unit in such a way, as to ensure easy access to those precincts.

6. If no election precincts are created in military units, the commander of the military unit shall specify the information on voters and then submit it to the relevant precinct election commission at least 35 days prior to the election day.

7. The military servants residing outside the military unit shall be included into the voters list from the place of residence, in accordance with the general principles.

8. The list of voters who serve within the military unit, as well as the list of their family members and other voters residing within the military unit, shall be compiled by the commander of the military unit.