Electoral Dynamics in Armenia: Runoff Looks Inevitable Now
INITIAL OBSERVATIONS The electoral season in Armenia, unlike in the United States, does not kick off officially until a month prior to the elections. The candidates, naturally, begin campaigning ‘unofficially’ long before the permitted beginning date of the campaign, but just as in the prior Presidential elections, the campaigning season did not start in earnest until January 21. The campaigning has to cease at midnight on February 17, and the Armenian voters will take a day off before heading to the polls on February 19....