Candidates Vote, Alleged Violations Reported
Polling Station, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008
At 4pm in the afternoon, candidates for today’s presidential election have already cast their votes. Ironically, the incumbent but outgoing president, Robert Kocharian, voted in the morning at the polling station off Yerevan’s central Mashtots Avenue which presidential candidates Serge Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrossian cast their ballots a few hours later.
The polling station was obviously overcrowded with journalists, photographers and film crews. After a slow start in Komitas, turnout seemed high with 11 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots by 11am. As of 2pm, RFE/RL reports that 36.5 percent had voted.
The full post is available on the Armenia Election Monitor 2008.
