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1. A district election commission shall be established by the Central Election Commission no later
than forty days prior to the day of voting and shall consist of the chair, the deputy chair, the secretary
and other commission members - no less than twelve persons.
 2. Nomination for candidacies to district election commissions (one person to one election
commission from one candidate) shall be submitted by candidates for the post of President of Ukraine
who are registered with the Central Election Commission. Nominations for candidacies to district
election commissions shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than forty-five
days before election day, on paper and electronically in the form approved by the Central Election
Commission, signed by the candidate for President of Ukraine or his authorized representative in the
Central Election Commission. Nominations for candidacies to district election commissions may be
submitted to the Central Election Commission by electronic services in accordance with the procedure
established by the Central Election Commission.
 Submissions shall include the following information:
 1) last name, first name and patronymic name;
 2) date of birth;
 3) citizenship;
 4) place and address of residence, as well as contact phone numbers;
 5) command the state language;
 6) education;
 7) place of employment and occupied position;

 

 8) election commission experience;
 9) information on whether the nominee has no criminal record for committing a grave or
 especially grave crime or a crime against citizens’ electoral rights or a corruption crime,
 which has not been lifted or expunged pursuant to the procedure established by law.
 The submission shall be accompanied by a photocopy of each of the nominees’ passport of a citizen
of Ukraine (photocopies of the first and second pages of the passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form
of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse side of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in
the form of a card); or photocopies of the first and second pages of a temporary certificate of a citizen
of Ukraine (for persons who were recently granted a citizenship of Ukraine).
 Statements of consent by persons nominated to the district election commission to participate in the
work of respective election commission on the behalf the respective nominating subject, consent to
perform the duties of the chair, deputy chair or secretary of the election commission, and expressing
non-consent to participate in the work of the election commission to other nominating subjects in the
respective election are submitted to the respective candidates for the post of President of Ukraine,
registered by Central Election Commission, before the moment of the submission to the Central
Election Commission of nominees for candidates to the district election commissions.
 If the Central Election Commission finds a simultaneous nomination of one candidate to the district
election commission from different nominating subjects, the Commission shall address the respective
nominating subjects, and the candidate nominated to the district election commission, requesting to
clarify information and submit a statement of consent to participate in the work of the district election
commission on behalf of the respective nominating subject. In case a person’s consent to participate in
the work of the district election commission from the respective nominating subject is not confirmed,
the Central Election Commission shall reject the candidacy of such person.
 3. Technical errors or inaccuracies contained in a submission shall not constitute a reason for the
rejection of nominees.
 When technical errors or inaccuracies are found with respect to last name, first name and
patronymic name of the person, date of his or her birth - the resolution establishing the district election
commission shall contain information on the basis of copies of passport documents.
 4. Nominations to a district election commission may be rejected only on the grounds of violation
of the requirements of Part two of this Article, and Article 34 of this Code by way of decision of the
Central Election Commission.
 5. If the submission of nominees to a district election commission fails to be filed within the time
period prescribed by Part two of this Article, or if the number of persons nominated to the district
election commission is less than twelve, the Central Election Commission shall appoint the twelve
members of the district election commission, upon proposal submitted by the Chair of the Central
Election Commission, on the basis of proposals from the members of the Central Election
Commission, necessarily having regard to the nominees proposed by the candidates for the President
of Ukraine specified in Part two of this Article.
 6. Each subject that nominates candidates to district election commissions shall have the right to
a proportional share of each category of managerial positions in district election commissions, with
observance of provisions of Part one of this Article. The share of managerial positions for each subject
nominating candidates to district election commissions within the nationwide district shall be
determined on the basis of the proportion of a number of nominees included from this nominating
subject in district election commissions, in relation to the total number of members included in the
district election commissions. A person appointed to a district election commission upon proposal of
the Chair of the Central Election Commission cannot be appointed to a managerial position in that
election commission, unless no submissions, or less than the required number of submissions, for
appointment of respective nominees to the positions of the chair, deputy chair, and secretary of the
commission have been submitted by candidates for the President of Ukraine. Managerial positions
shall be distributed between the nominating subjects based on the shares determined in accordance with

 

this Part of this Article according to the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.
Such procedure shall provide for approximate evenness of the territorial distribution of the positions
received by each nominating subject.
 The provisions of this Part concerning the right to a proportional share of each category of
managerial positions shall apply only with regard to the initial formation of district election
commissions. In case a district election commission is formed as a result of early termination of the
powers of its previous composition, the provisions of this Part shall not apply.
 In case of early termination of powers of the chair, deputy chair, secretary of the district election
commission and failure by the nominating subject from which the person was included in the district
election commission to submit other candidates for replacement no later than on the next day after the
day of receipt of the notice on the grounds for termination of their powers, but not later than on the last
day before the day of voting, another member of this commission shall be appointed to the respective
position of the chair, deputy chair, and secretary of the district election commission without respecting
the right of the nominating subject to a proportional share of each category of managerial positions.
 7. The Central Election Commission shall make public its decision on the establishment and
composition of the district election commissions, made in accordance with this Code, on the official
website of the Central Election Commission no later than on the day following the day on which the
decision was adopted. A decision on changes in the composition of a district election commission shall
be published pursuant to the procedure and within the terms provided for by this Part, but in any case
no later than on the last day prior to the day of voting.