A voting system malfunction was recorded at a polling station in Yerevan.

At polling station No. 9/51, an electronic system failure paralyzed voting in the Armenian parliamentary elections. Technical problems were observed at some polling stations, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission acknowledged.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," voting in the parliamentary elections is taking place in Armenia today. Observers from the public movement "Ayakve" recorded violations of voting secrecy at several polling stations, and at polling station #15/21, a ballot was filled out not by the voter, but by a relative of the voter.

At polling station #9/51, an electronic system failure paralyzed the voting process, Yerevan.Today reports.

"Voting tickets from all three devices do not match the numbers in the log. Crowds of people are observed at the polling station, "Voters are outraged," the publication states.

Poll station 9/51 is located in Yerevan's Kentron district. Ten voters there have other people's names listed next to the numbers they received on their devices, News.am reports.

We have received signals related to the lists from several polling stations.

Polling stations are experiencing technical problems, CEC Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan acknowledged. "We have received signals related to the lists from several polling stations. However, all problems are being resolved," News.am quotes him as saying.

CEC Chairman describes voting procedures at polling stations.

CEC Chairman recalled the voting procedures. "Enter the polling station, approach the employee operating the technical device, present your identification document, which is entered into the device, and then provide your fingerprint. The device then prints a slip, and the identification document is returned to the voter. The voter approaches the employee maintaining the voter list, their information is found, the voter signs, and then an election commission member places a personal stamp next to the voter's signature," he said.

Then the voter approaches the commission member, who hands out 18 ballots and an envelope, the head of the Central Election Commission noted. "The voter approaches the voting booth with these 18 ballots, places one of them in an envelope without folding it, and leaves the rest in the voting booth, where there is a special pocket for extra ballots. Then, without taking the envelope from the voter, the commission member affixes a stamp to the cut-out area of ​​the envelope and then allows the voter to cast the ballot in the ballot box," Ovakimyan said.

Photographing or otherwise violating the secrecy of the vote is prohibited.

Photographing the ballot is prohibited, he reminded. "It is forbidden to take photographs or in any way violate the secrecy of the vote," he was quoted as saying in the publication.

As a reminder, the most pro-Russian participants in the elections are the "Strong Armenia" bloc of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, the "Armenia" bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan, and the "Prosperous Armenia" party of oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan. According to analysts, the parties of Samvel Karapetyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Robert Kocharyan will become key competitors in the elections.

Amid preparations for the elections, the Armenian authorities have increased pressure on opposition supporters, and opposition representatives have accused the authorities of abusing administrative resources.

At the same time, Russia's recent political steps, which have increased political and economic pressure on Armenia, have strengthened the convictions of both pro-Russian and pro-Western voters.