On the very day of the referendum the observers, whose signatures come below, visited 137 polling stations and were present during the counting of the votes in 32 polling stations. The list of the voters embraced 89 044 people. The observers wеre given the opportunity to familiarize themselves, without restriction, with documents, the samples of the ballots, the resolutions of referendum commissions, the journals, as well as receive copies and make extracts from them, says the report issued by international observers on the results of the constitutional referendum in Karabakh, reports the NKR MFA press office.
“We have not faced any restrictions of our right as observers and mass media representatives, including freedom of movement.
The ballot-boxes were installed in places visible for the persons authorized to be present at the polling stations.
We have not fixed any serious violations either in the registration of voters and voting organization or in the processing the votes and transportation of the vote counting protocols from precincts to the regional (city) referendum commissions, and then – to the CRC.
At the polling stations we discovered no facts of administrative or law-enforcement bodies` interference in the work of the election commissions.
During the whole day of elections, the rate of attendance was reported every 3 hours. Finally, the participation of voters made up 87, 02 %.
There were all conditions and terms made to keep the secrecy of ballot. The voters, we had spoken with, expressed their satisfaction as to the information on preparation and conducting the referendum by the media.
In general, the voting was held in a cheerful, but quiet atmosphere. The attendance of the voters was high practically everywhere. Anyway, some problematic tendencies were observed on the very day of the referendum. Particularly, not every voter used the separation for confidential voting. Some cases of family voting were observed. The majority of the polls were hardly reachable for the physically disabled and the aged. We have observed some queues of the voters in some districts. However, this cannot be regarded as a violation, but rather a positive moment,” the document says.
