38. According to Article 13, the authorised body shall post the initial list of electors by electoral precincts on the Internet.29 In addition, according to part 7 “signed lists of electors having participated in voting shall be posted on the website of the Commission [...].” The Venice Commission and ODIHR thoroughly examined the reasons for this legislation. They acknowledge that these amendments aim to prevent election fraud (i.e. ineligible voters casting ballots or voters voting in areas where they are not registered or on behalf of others) and ballot box stuffing which was observed in Armenia in past elections. However, while measures leading to greater transparency of electoral processes are generally to be welcomed, it is necessary that these are applied cautiously with regard to certain documents and information. It is not clear from the amendments which measures will be implemented in order to guarantee the secrecy of the vote and prevent voter harassment and pressure when the signed voter lists are publicly available. The Code of good practice in electoral matters considers abstention as a political choice and recommends that voter’s lists should not be published if the secrecy of that choice can be breached.30 Furthermore, the Interpretative Declaration to the Code of good practice in electoral matters recommends that “[s]uch access to the list of voters having voted should be meaningful, should be granted for a sufficient period of time and should take place under controlled conditions.”31