Live Blog: Armenia Votes For President

Syunik region is the most active so far. 15.13% of eligible voters have turned out already via @armenialiberty #armvote13

— Artur Papyan (@ditord) February 18, 2013

The Commnwealth of Independent states (CIS) ahs sent 212 observers from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and the CIS Executive Committee (link in RU). The only organization with more observers in Armenia is the OSCE with 263.

Set your DVRs!

Later today Mr A. Minasyan will speak to CivilNet about why he ate his poll card. Stay tuned #armvote13 #Armenia #iDitord

— CivilNet.AM (@CivilNetTV) February 18, 2013

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan voted, said "polls are going calmly" #armvote13 ow.ly/hO23N

— Ազատություն ռ/կ (@armenialiberty) February 18, 2013

PM Tigran Sargsyan says authorities are doing all to ensure there are "no doubts" about fairness of elections #armvote13...

— Artur Papyan (@ditord) February 18, 2013

Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian casts his vote in Yerevan:

Ter-Petrossian voted "for the Republic of Armenia"youtu.be/5g55cR1d0xE#armvote13

— Artur Papyan (@ditord) February 18, 2013

Last month, RFE/RL Armenian Service Director Harry Tamrazian interviewed President Serzh Sarkisian. Watch the entire interview (with English subtitles) here:

There have not been a lot of claims of fraud thus far. This is probably the most severe. No word on confirmation, though.

TI observer witnessed over 400+ ballots being stuffed in polling station 17/5 in Artashat. #armvote13 #armenia #iditord

— Seda Muradyan (@sedamur) February 18, 2013

Observer from TI saw 400+ ballots being stuffed in polling station 17/5 in Artashat, where she was attacked by perpetrators. #armvote13

— Seda Muradyan (@sedamur) February 18, 2013

It appears that the hashtag #armvote13 has been almost completely hijacked by spam bots claiming to represent Azerbaijanis. It's hard to tell if the accounts are real or not, but there are 3 or 4 tweets being posted that have exactly the same language.

Kim Kardashian got a vote today.