§ Art. I-62Premises of Precinct Election Commissions and Premises for Voting

1. Voting shall be held in the specially allocated and equipped premises with voting booths
for secret voting and places designated for handover of the ballot papers and for placement of the
ballot boxes. The precinct election commission shall be responsible for the outfitting of the
premises for voting.
 In order to ensure appropriate conditions of personal voting for a voter with health problems (due
to disability, temporary health disorder, age), at the premises for voting such a voter shall be provided
with reasonable accommodation (aids) in the manner and cases specified by the Central Election
Commission.
 2. Local executive bodies, bodies of local self-government or other bodies (officials)
exercising their powers in accordance with the Law shall provide regular election precincts with
the necessary premises for voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code and the
standards approved by the Central Election Commission, as well as technical assistance in
equipping them.
 The heads of the institutions, establishments, Ukraine’s polar station, and the captains of ships at
which special election precincts were established shall provide the special election precincts with the
necessary premises for precinct election commission and premises for organizing their work and
conduct of voting, in accordance with the requirements of this Code and standards for equipping such
premises approved by the Central Election Commission.
 The heads of Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic institutions and military units (commands) deployed
outside Ukraine at which out-of-country election precincts have been established shall provide the out-
of-country election precincts with the necessary premises for organizing their work and conduct of
voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code and standards for equipping such premises
approved by the Central Election Commission.
 3. The premises for voting in a small election precinct shall have an area of no less than 50
square meters; the premises for voting in a medium-sized election precinct shall have an area of
no less than 75 square meters, and the premises for voting in a large election precinct shall have
an area of no less than 90 square meters.
 In the absence of premises with the required area within a regular, special, or out-of-country election
precinct, the premises for voting at the respective election precinct may have an area smaller than the
one required by the standards established by the Central Election Commission.
 4. Premises of a precinct election commission and premises for voting shall correspond to the
requirement of this Code, as well as the established sanitary and technical standards, state
construction standards, including the requirement of an unimpeded access for persons with health
problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) and other low mobility groups of
population.

 

 Standards for equipping premises of precinct election commissions and premises for voting shall
be established by the Central Election Commission.
 If the premises of the precinct election commission and the voting premises cannot be fully adapted
to the needs of persons with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) and other
low-mobility groups, the respective local executive bodies and bodies of local self-government, heads
of institutions, establishments, a polar station of Ukraine, captains of ships where special election
precincts are formed, heads of foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine, military units (formations)
stationed outside Ukraine, where out-of-country election precincts are formed shall organize unimpeded
access of such persons to such premises.
 5. Premises for voting shall be equipped with a sufficient number of booths for secret voting.
For small election precincts, the number of such booths shall be no less than two, for medium-
sized election precincts the number of such booths shall be no less than four, and for large election
precincts the number of such booths shall be no less than six.
 The equipment in the premises for voting shall be arranged in such a way that the places for issuance
of ballot papers, entrance to and exit from the booths for secret voting, and ballot boxes are placed
within plain view of the precinct election commission members and other persons who are entitled
under this Code to be present in the premises for voting, as well as to ensure the free movement of
voters, including those in wheelchairs and other low-mobility groups.
 One of the booths for secret voting must be adapted for voting by voters with health problems (due
to disability, including persons on wheelchairs, temporary health disorder, age) and other low-mobility
groups in accordance with the requirements established by the Central Election Commission.
 6. Each election precinct shall be equipped with a sufficient number of ballot boxes – both
stationary (large) and mobile (small). Ballot boxes for voting shall be made of transparent material
and shall be of sizes approved by the Central Election Commission. A small election precinct shall
have no less than two stationary ballot boxes; a medium election precinct shall have no less than
four stationary ballot boxes; and a large election precinct shall have no less than six stationary
ballot boxes. Each election precinct shall have no less than two mobile ballot boxes.
 Stationary ballot boxes shall be placed in the premises for voting in a way that will ensure that
voters approaching them have the possibility to walk through the voting booths for secret voting.
 The procedure for producing, accounting, using, and storing the ballot boxes shall be subject to
approval by the Central Election Commission.
 Chapter XI. FILING COMPLAINTS AGAINST DECISIONS,ACTIONS OR INACTION
 RELATING TO THE ELECTION PROCESS