TrustVoting Atlas

1. During the conduct of voting at an election precinct, two members of the precinct election
commission shall provide a voter with the opportunity to vote: one member of the precinct election
commission, upon presentation by the voter of the documents specified in Part one of Article 8 of
this Code, and if the voter is included in the voter list for the respective election precinct, shall
hand the voter list to the voter for his or her signature; the other member shall enter his or her last
name and initials and put his or her signature in the designated places on the counterfoils of the
ballot paper, as well as writing the number under which the voter is included in the voter list for
the election precinct. The voter shall certify the receipt of the ballot paper by putting his or her
signature on the voter list and on the designated places on the counterfoils of the ballot paper. After
that, the member of the election commission shall detach the counterfoils from the ballot paper
and hand a ballot paper over to the voter. The counterfoils of the ballot paper shall be stored by the
member of the commission who handed over the ballot paper. Making any other marks on the
ballot papers shall be prohibited.
2. A voter shall be allowed to stay in the premises for voting only for the time necessary for
him or her to vote.
3. A voter shall fill out the ballot paper personally, in a booth for secret voting. The presence
of other persons in the booth for secret voting, or photo and video recording during the filling out
the ballot paper by the voter shall be prohibited. A voter who, due to health reasons (due to
disability, temporary health disorder, age) , is unable to fill out the ballot paper independently,
may, with consent of the chair or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another
voter for assistance, with the exception of a member of the election commission, candidates for
the President of Ukraine, their agents and official observers.
4. A voter shall have no right to hand his or her ballot papers over to other persons. It shall
be prohibited to receive the ballot papers from a person other than the member of the election
commission in charge of handing over the ballot papers, as well as to encourage or force voters,
by means of bribery, threats, or in any other manner, to hand their ballot papers over to other
persons.
5. On the ballot paper for voting, the voter shall enter a "plus" symbol ("+") or any other mark
that makes clear the result of the expression of his or her will in the box next to the name of a
candidate for President of Ukraine he or she is voting for. A voter may vote for one candidate only.

6. Voters shall personally deposit his or her completed ballot papers into the ballot box,
ensuring the secrecy of voting. A voter who, due to health reasons (due to disability, temporary
health disorder, age), is unable to deposit the ballot paper into the ballot box independently may,
with the consent of the chair or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another
person to do that in his or her presence, except that he or she may not ask for assistance from a
member of the election commission, a candidate for President of Ukraine, a candidate’s authorized
person, or an official observer.
7. If in the course of voting a ballot box has been damaged, the chair and no less than three
members of the election commission representing different candidates for the President of Ukraine
shall seal the box in a way that shall exclude the possibility of further depositing in or taking out
of ballot papers. Such ballot box shall be kept in the premises for voting within plain sight of the
election commission members and other persons who have the right to be present at the election
precinct during the voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code, and shall not be used
until the end of voting.
8. If a voter makes a mistake when filling out the ballot paper, he or she shall have the right
to immediately address the election commission member who handed over the ballot paper to him
or her with a written request to hand over to him or her another ballot paper. The member of the
election commission shall hand another ballot paper over to the voter in accordance with the
procedure prescribed by Part one of this Article only in exchange for a spoiled ballot paper, which
fact shall be noted in the voter list opposite to the voter’s name and certified by the signature of
this member of the precinct election commission. A spoiled ballot paper shall be immediately
invalidated as unused, and an act certifying this fact shall be drawn up. During vote counting, such
spoiled and invalidated ballot paper shall be considered as unused and shall be packed together
with the counterfoil into the package with unused ballot papers. Repeated handover of a ballot
paper instead of a spoiled one shall not be allowed.
9. At 5 minutes to 20:00, the chair of the precinct election commission shall announce that
the voting will end and the election precinct will be closed at 20:00. Voters who have come to the
election precinct before 20:00 for voting shall have the right to vote. To ensure the exercise of
those voters’ right, one of the commission’s members shall, on instructions from the chair of the
precinct election commission, approach the entrance to the premises for voting and invite all voters
who have not voted yet to come into the premises for voting, and shall close the door. As soon as
the last voter leaves the premises for voting, the premises shall be locked, and only the election
commission members and persons entitled by this Code to be present at the election commission’s
meeting shall be allowed to stay inside.
10. At an election precinct established on a ship which on the day of voting will be sailing
under the National Flag of Ukraine, or at Ukraine’s polar station, the precinct election commission
shall be allowed to announce the end of voting prior to the term specified in Part one of Article
117 of this Code if all voters included in the voter list for the election precinct have taken part in
the voting. The votes at such precinct shall be counted in accordance with the procedure established
by this Code immediately after announcement of the end of voting.
11. During the day of voting, a district election commission shall provide for sending the data
on a number of voters, which were issued ballot papers at an election precinct, to the Central
Election Commission pursuant to the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.
12. In case the Central Election Commission decides to conduct an experiment or a pilot
project using innovative technologies in accordance with Part one of Article 18 of this Code, the
respective election commissions shall organize the voting procedure within the framework of such
an experiment or pilot project simultaneously with the actions provided for in this Article, in
compliance with the requirements of this Code.
Voters may participate in an experiment or pilot project using innovative technologies, only if they
simultaneously vote in the manner prescribed by this Article.

Voters cannot be forced to participate in an experiment or pilot project using innovative
technologies.