Preparations in full swing for forthcoming referendum
By Nigar Abbasova
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has started to conduct seminars for computer specialists of district electoral committees in connection with the upcoming referendum, which is scheduled for September 26.
The project is aimed at mastering of the State Automated System "Elections" and getting practical knowledge on the advanced services provided by the system.
Special software modules, created for the transmission of data on the day of election will be used in the test mode during the seminars.
The seminars, which will last till September 17, will also provide for the professional use of the system during the nationwide vote. Each polling station will send the information to constituencies and then it will be transferred to the system.
The main functions of the system are the reflection of the voting process, introduction of protocols in the computer database, entering and summarizing protocols of district election commissions.
Moreover, web-cameras will be used in a number of polling stations to ensure transparency of the electoral process.
In a bill recently sent to the Constitutional Court, President Ilham Aliyev proposed amendments to 29 Articles of Azerbaijan’s current constitution.
The Constitutional Court gave the go ahead for the proposed changes on July 27.
The last time changes to the Constitution were made seven years ago, following Constitutional referendum held in 2009.
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Nigar Abbasova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @nigyar_abbasova
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