After intensive and detailed discussions with interested parties regarding a proposal to conduc exit polling in Armenia during the 2008 presidential elections, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and Baltic Surveys Ltd/Gallup Organization were unable to resolve all of the detailed procedural questions in a way that was fully satisfactory to all sides. Consequently, the U.S. Embassy and USAID have decided to cancel the project.

Armenia will hold the presidential election on February 19. The CEC has registered 9 contenders.