§ Art. I-33Status of Election Commissions

1. Election commissions shall be deemed special collective bodies responsible for the
preparation and conduct of elections and ensuring the exercise of the electoral rights of citizens of
Ukraine, and for the observance and uniform application of the electoral legislation.
 2. The status of the Central Election Commission shall be determined by the Constitution of
Ukraine, this Code, the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election Commission”, and other Laws
of Ukraine.
 The Central Election Commission shall lead the system of election commissions that ensure
preparation and conduct of national elections, and shall be the higher-level commission for all district
and precinct election commissions and all election commissions for all local elections. The Central
Election Commission shall exercise the powers of the district election commission in the out-of-country
election district in the national election.
 3. District election commissions shall, within the scope of their powers provided for by this
Code, ensure preparation for and conduct of national elections within the respective territorial
districts in national elections.
 District election commissions shall be the higher-level commissions for all precinct election
commissions within the respective territorial districts in national elections.
 4. Territorial election commissions shall ensure preparation for and conduct of local elections
within the scope of their powers provided for by this Code.
 Territorial election commissions shall be the higher-level commissions for all precinct election
commissions in the respective local elections.
 5. Precinct election commissions shall, within the scope of their powers provided for by this
Code, ensure preparation for and conduct of the national and local elections within the respective
election precincts.
 6. A district election commission or a territorial election commission shall be a legal entity,
except for cases provided for in paragraph two of this Part.
 District election commissions shall be formed without registration as legal entity in the event that
territorial representations of the Central Election Commission are formed and assigned the functions of
providing financial and logistical support to district election commissions.
 The Central Election Commission shall not be a legal successor of district or territorial election
commissions.
 7. A precinct election commission shall not be a legal entity. Financial and material support
for activities of a precinct election commission in the respective election process shall be provided
by the respective district election commission (territorial representation of the Central Election

 

Commission) or territorial election commission in accordance with the procedure established by
this Code.
 8. District and precinct election commissions shall be deemed temporary bodies formed for
the period of preparation for and conduct of the respective election in accordance with the
requirements of this Code. Territorial election commissions shall be permanent bodies.
 Members of the territorial election commission shall exercise their powers until a new composition
of the respective territorial election commission is formed in the manner prescribed by this Code.
Territorial election commissions may be liquidated in the event of a corresponding change in the
administrative-territorial structure.
 9. An election commission shall have a seal, the specimen of which shall be approved by the
Central Election Commission.
 10. In order to ensure organizational, legal, informational and technical support for the exercise
of the powers provided for by this Code, an election commission, and in case of its formation – a
territorial representation of the Central Election Commission shall be granted the right to engage,
on the basis of contracts, respective specialists, experts and technical personnel in accordance with
the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.
 11. State executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local self-
government bodies, state enterprises, establishments and organizations shall be obliged to create
due conditions for the exercise of powers of the election commissions.