The umbrella election monitoring body, comprised of the ANC, Prosperous Armenia and ARF, has released a statement calling on government agencies and international observers to focus their attention on the widespread problem of disappearing ink stamps registered in passports of those who have already cast ballots.

Hetq has published reports about the problem from several polling stations throughout Armenia.

The statement claims that because large numbers of voters were being transported to polling stations soon after they opened at 8am this leads one to conclude that the “disappearing ink stamps” were intentional so that voters could come back a few hours later and cast another vote.