Some voters at the 21/15 polling station in Armavir Marz have been registering a protest vote for a candidate that was forced to pull out of the race for parliament.

In what might be a first for Armenia, supporters of Merouzhan Mkhoyan, a majoritarian candidate who exited the race after being dragged from his home and beaten on April 6, have been writing his name on their ballots.

Moushegh Mkhoyan, a relative of the former candidate who was also beaten that day, seems to have gotten the protest ball rolling by refusing to use the official ballot ticket.

Mkhoyan’s supporters then decided to write in the name of the candidate and drop the ballot in the box.