Stanford University professor calls current Armenian parliamentary  elections the dirtiest in the country`s history

ArmInfo.  Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science,  has labeled the ongoing parliamentary elections in Armenia as the dirtiest in the  country's recent history. 

"Greetings from Saddam, or how the dirtiest elections in Armenia's  recent history are being conducted.  Hundreds of violations are  reported. Authorities meet with voters near polling stations, direct  them, and sometimes even enter polling stations and even booths with  them. There are cases of people entering polling stations with  prepared ballots. There are also cases of authorities entering  polling booths with groups of people. A representative of the Strong  Armenia party  is reporting hundreds of violations. Assad, Hussein,  and Gaddafi send their regards. It is almost a shame they never  thought to behave this way themselves," the expert wrote on his  social media.

"Our response? Go and vote, friends! Go! All hope rests on you. This  is the only way we can respond to these outrageous violations. They  will not be able to falsify everything if we turn out at the polling  stations en masse. And you are already going—turnout is much higher  than before. Preliminary data show that the situation is encouraging!  Keep it up, friends," the expert urged. 

The turnout in the regular parliamentary elections in Armenia stands  at 33.84% as of 2:00 PM local time. In the previous snap  parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 20, 2021, as of 2:00 PM,  26.82%, or 695,626 voters out of 2,593,572 eligible voters, had cast  their ballots.