§ Art. II-86Powers of the Central Election Commission with Regard to preparation for and Conduct

of the Election of the President of Ukraine
 1. The powers of the Central Election Commission related to preparation and conduct of the
election of the President of Ukraine shall be determined by this Code, the Law of Ukraine “On the
Central Election Commission” and other Laws of Ukraine.
 2. In addition to the powers provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election
Commission”, the Central Election Commission shall:

 

 1) convene, if necessary, on its own initiative, a meeting of a lower level election commission;
 2) control the use of state budget funds by election commissions, regional and territorial
 representations of the Central Election Commission with the involvement of representatives
 of the respective state bodies in conducting audits;
 3) establish the standards and the list of equipment and implements, as well as requirements to
 such equipment and the procedure for its storing, and the requirements to the voting
 premises, as well as the types of services that can be provided to election commissions;
 4) suspend the flow of funds in the accounts of the election commissions, regional and
 territorial representations of the Central Election Commission opened at territorial bodies
 of the central executive power body for the implementation of state policy in the area of
 treasury management of the budget funds, accounting, execution of budgets within the time
 limits established by the Law;
 5) register candidates for the President of Ukraine, candidates’ authorized representatives
 to the Central Election Commission, agents of candidates for the post of President of
 Ukraine;
 6) provide for the production and placement on the national television and radio
 broadcasting channels of information programs for voters with the explanation of
 principles and the procedure for the conduct of election, their role in the society and in
 the state, voting procedures, rights and responsibilities of voters, mechanisms for
 monitoring the compliance with the legislation on the election of the President of
 Ukraine;
 7) make a decision in accordance with this Code and the laws of Ukraine on the issue of
 using the mass media for campaigning;
 8) approve the text and form of information posters as well as posters clarifying the voting
 procedures and the liability for violating the legislation on the election of the President of
 Ukraine; provide for manufacturing of respective posters and the delivery thereof to the
 district election commissions;
 9) directly and through their regional and territorial representations, exercise the control
 over the receipt and use of funds of candidates’ electoral funds;
 10) approve the form, color, and text of the ballot papers for voting; ensure centralized printing
 of the ballot papers according to the approved form, as well as forms of blank protocols of
 precinct election commissions on vote counting at an election precinct, and other election
 documents; provide for the stocktaking and distribution thereof to the district election
 commissions;
 11) establish the forms of election documents, approve samples of seals and signboards of
 election commissions, provides for the production of seals of district and precinct election
 commissions, “Withdrawn” stamps and the delivery thereof to the district election
 commissions, specify the procedure for the storage and submission of election documents
 to the respective state archival institutions;
 12) accredit official observers from foreign states and international organizations;
 13) make decisions granting a nongovernmental organization the right to have official observers
 during the election of the President of Ukraine;
 14) register official observers of candidates for the post of President of Ukraine, parties that are
 electoral subjects, nongovernmental organizations in the out-of-country election district, as
 well as official observers from nongovernmental organizations in the nationwide election
 district;
 15) deliver to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ballot papers, forms
 of other documents, seals and stamps for the delivery thereof to the precinct election

 

 commissions of out-of-country election precincts;
 16) consider applications and complaints in the manner prescribed by this Code and the Law of
 Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission”;
 17) establish the results of the voting and draw up a protocol on results of the voting within
 the out-of-country election district;
 18) exercise the powers of the respective district election commission, if it does not receive,
 within the time frame specified by this Code, the protocol from the district election
 commission on the voting results in the territorial election district within the time frames
 specified by this Code, as well as in the case of inaction of the district election commission;
 19) send a report on the use of the state budget funds allocated for preparation and conduct of
 elections of the President of Ukraine to the Accounting Chamber within three months
 from the date of official promulgation of the results of the election;
 20) exercise other powers provided for by this Code or by other Laws of Ukraine.