Notes from the Election Blogosphere
As mentioned on this blog before, there are apparently moves to reinstate absentee voting for citizens residing abroad in time for next year’s presidential election. During the recent parliamentary election this was reportedly a problem, and a source in a major international organization working in the area of elections recently told me that it might be reintroduced.
I’ve heard on the grapevine — well, actually from a very significant individual involved in the electoral process here — that attempts will be made to resolve the issue of absentee voting for the presidential election early next year. In the recent parliamentary election, the right to vote for Armenian citizens living or working abroad was actually taken away. Hetq Online covered this issue by publishing two letters from such voters deprived of their constitutional right to participate in the electoral process.
The full post is available on the 2008 Presidential Election Monitor Blog.
