The “ELS” Independent Research Center had got accreditation at the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan Republic

To the application of the ELS Independent Research Center together with the Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan concerning conducting joint “Exit – poll” survey during the October 15 presidential elections was received a positive reply from the Central Election Commission (CEC). So, the above mentioned organizations had got official right to conduct the joint “Exit – poll” survey during the presidential elections. It should be mentioned that according to the September 19, 2008 decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) the non – governmental organizations planning to conduct “Exit – poll” survey must apply in written form in order to get accreditation 20 days before the voting day. At the same time the legal documents of the applying non – governmental organization and written information about the ways and facilities of conducting the survey must be submitted to the CEC. The CEC is considering the application during the 10 days since the day of receiving the application, the documents submitted are checked and the decision on whether to provide accreditation or not is made.The ELS Independent Research Center and the Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan will be conducting the joint “Exit – poll” survey at 800 polling stations. The interviewers and supervisors that are going to conduct “Exit – poll” on the voting day were involved to trainings. The first stage of the trainings conducted by the organization is completed and the second stage had started since September 27.