. : ELECTION CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

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 If this draft provides that normative legal acts, which are in force, be repealed or amended, such normative legal act (its relevant part) can be attached to the ballot paper based on the decision of Central Election Commission.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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