YEREVAN. – The Police of Armenia reacted to the news that the stamps, which are placed on the voters’ passports after having cast their ballots during Monday’s presidential election, can be removed by using a moist napkin, or with a slight stroke of a moist finger.     

“Not wishing to reflect on the scientific accomplishments in the 21st century, Armenia’s Police consider it indispensable to forewarn that the aforesaid interventions, which are posted on the web, can be qualified as a violation of the right to vote, specifically as an obstruction of the activities of the electoral commissions, a preparation for—or an attempt at—multiple voting, and as a cause for other statutory responsibility.

We therefore we call for refraining from damaging, erasing, or destroying—by the use of technical means, or in any other way—the stamps that attest to having voted, and the signatures, or other records and symbols,” the respective statement by Armenia’s Police specifically reads.            

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