Article
133. Referendum Voting Room
133.1 The referendum voting room shall be is organized
in accordance with the requirements of Article
98 of this Code.
133.2 The Precinct Election Commission shall place
samples of referendum ballot papers, and draft
referendum act on notice boards inside the voting
room or right in front of it.
Article 134.
Referendum Ballot Paper
134.1 Referendum ballot paper (hereinafter - ballot
paper) shall be is prepared in accordance with
the rule mentioned in Article 99 of this Code.
134.2 The design of ballot papers is approved
by the Central Election Commission at least 30
days prior the referendum.
134.3 The expression of every issue put to referendum
and versions of voters response (vote) – “for”
and “against” (words “yes” and “no,” “I agree”
and “I disagree” can be as well) shall be are
written on ballot paper.
134.43 The Central Election Commission shall solves
the issue on attaching the draft of the referendum
act to the ballot paper. If this draft provides
that normative legal acts, which are in force,
be repealed or amended, such normative legal act
(its relevant part) can be attached to the ballot
paper based on the decision of Central Election
Commission.
Article 135.
Voting Procedure during Referendum
135.1 Voting during a referendum shall be conducted
in accordance with the Articles 1034 and 104 105
of this Code.
135.2 A voter shall marks an empty square to the
right of the answer on referendum ballot papers
by choosing one of the responses “for” or “against”
(“yes” or “no,” “I agree” or “I disagree”) proposed
on the referendum.
135.3 If both squares are either marked or unmarked,
the vote shall be considered invalid.
Article 136.
Vote Counting in Referendum Stations
136.1 Vote counting in referendum stations shall
be conducted in accordance with the Article 106
of this Code, and a protocol be compiled.
136.2 The following shall be are included in the
protocol in addition to the provisions of Article
100.2 of this Code:
136.2.1 number of voters who have voted for the
issue put to referendum;
136.2.2 number of voters who have voted against
the issue put to referendum.
Article 137.
Vote Counting during Referendum in Constituency
Election Commission
137.1 The count of votes in Constituency Election
Commissions shall be conducted in accordance with
Article 107 of this Code.
137.2 The protocol of the Constituency Election
Commission shall contain in addition to provisions
of Articles 107.2 and 136 of this Code, the number
of election precincts where voting results have
been invalidated.
Article 138.
Completion of Referendum
138.1 The Central Election Commission shall announce
the official outcomes of a referendum not later
than 25 days after the referendum.
138.2 The Central Election Commission shall indicate,
in addition to provisions of Article 108 of this
Code, the number of election precincts where voting
results have been invalidated, the legal infringements
taken place during voting or determining voting
results, the number of referendum constituencies
not allowing to define the voters’ will; and separately
determine the number of voters voted “for” and
voters voted “against” each issue put to the vote.
138.3 An issue to be discussed in a referendum
shall be is considered to be accepted if more
than half of voters participated in the voting
have voted for it.
138.4 A referendum shall be is concluded at the
meeting of the Central Election Commission, and
the results are be announced in the form of an
official notification on referendum outcomes.
Article 139.
Failure of Referendum and Invalidation of Referendum
Outcomes by the Central Election Commission
139.1 139.1 A referendum on issues specified in
Articles 3.2 and 153 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Azerbaijan shall be considered to
be failed, if less than 25% of voters from the
integrated voters list participate in the referendum.
139.2 The Central Election Commission shall invalidate
the outcomes of a referendum in the following
cases:
139.12.1 if during the voting the number of referendum
precincts with invalidated voting results exceeds
are considered invalid in more than 2/5ths of
total number of the referendum precincts or when
they are cancelled, under the condition that the
number of registered voters in the election precincts
exceeds ¼ of all voters registered in the constituency;
139.2.2. on the basis of a court’s decision.if
violations of law confirmed by court, which have
taken place in more than 40 referendum constituencies
during the holding of the voting or during determination
of the referendum results, do not allow to determine
the voters’ will;
Article 140.
Publication of a Decision on the Outcomes of a
Referendum
A decision made by means of referendum and official
notification about the outcomes of the referendum
together with the text of an act adopted by referendum,
shall be published by the Central Election Commission
within at latest 20 days after the voting day.
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