§ Art. II-119Procedure for Organizing Voting at Voters’ Place of Stay

1. Each precinct election commissions shall ensure that voters who are included in the voter list
of a regular or special precinct and are incapable of moving independently due to health reasons (due
to disability, temporary health disorder, age) are able to vote at the place of their stay.
 2. On the last day before the day of voting, each precinct election commission shall create, at its
meeting, an excerpt from the voter list, in a form established by the Central Election Commission, for
the purpose of organizing voting by those who are incapable of moving independently at the place of
their stay.
 As soon as this excerpt has been created, it shall be immediately posted in the premises of the
 precinct election commission for public review.
 3. The following voters may be included in the excerpt from the voter list:
 1) without a decision of the commission, a voter specially marked in the voter list as
 permanently incapable of moving independently, unless such voter notifies the precinct
 election commission, in writing or in person, by 12:00 noon on the last Saturday prior to the
 day of voting of his or her wish to vote in the premises for voting;
 2) upon a decision of the commission, a voter being temporarily incapable of moving
 independently; such a decision must be based on his or her application and certificate of his
 or her health issued by a medical institution.
 4. When entering a voter in the excerpt from the voter list for voting at places of voters’ stay, the
secretary of the precinct election commission shall make an entry “votes at place of residence” in the
column “Voter’s signature” of the voter list for the election precinct.
 When entering a voter in the excerpt from the voter list for voting at places of voters’ stay, members
of the precinct election commission shall be obliged to verify the fact of a voter’s temporary incapability
of moving independently. Should the fact of a voter’s temporary incapability of moving independently
be not confirmed, a precinct election commission shall make a decision refusing a possibility for this
voter to vote at the place of his or her residence.
 5. A voter being temporarily incapable of moving independently shall file, by mail or through a
third person, a handwritten application in his or her own handwriting requesting that he or she be
provided with an opportunity to vote at the place of his or her stay, with indication of the voter’s place
of stay. Such application shall be submitted, along with a certificate of the voter’s health issued by a
medical institution, to the precinct election commission no later 20:00 of the last Friday prior to the day
of voting.
 6. It shall be the responsibility of a voter to file the application provided for by Part five of this
Article to ensure compliance with the requirements relating to the voting procedure stipulated by this
Code.
 7. At special election precincts established in inpatient care establishments, voting at the place of
voters’ stay shall be conducted on the basis of a voter’s application, in his or her own handwriting, with
a request to be provided with the opportunity to vote at his or her place of stay, in view of his or her
need to be confined to bed.
 8. An application by a voter to vote at the place of his or her stay shall be registered by the precinct
election commission in a separate register, indicating the day and time of the receipt of the application,
and also the last name, first name, patronymic name, and address of the voter’s place of residence (place
of stay).
 9. Voting at voters’ place of stay shall be organized by no less than three members of the precinct
election commission appointed by a decision of the election commission.

 

 10. Voting at voters’ place of stay shall be organized in such a way that the precinct election
commission members involved in organizing such voting will be able to return to the premises for
voting no later than one hour prior to the end of voting .
 11. The chair of a precinct election commission shall announce the departure of the precinct
election commission members who are conducting voting at voters’ place of stay in the precinct. The
chair of the precinct election commission shall provide the appointed election commission members
with the excerpt from the voter list created in compliance with Parts two and three of this Article, and
with a sealed (or affixed with a seal) mobile ballot box into which he or she shall deposit a control sheet.
The control sheet shall contain the following information: the ballot box number; the time at which the
appointed election commission members departed (in hours and minutes); the numbers of ballot papers
received by them; and the last names of the appointed election commission members, who received
ballot papers. The control sheet shall be signed by all the election commission members present, whose
signatures shall be certified by the seal of the commission, and, upon request, by candidates, their
agents, or official observers.
 12. Candidates for the President of Ukraine, their agents, and official observers have the right to
be present during the conduct of voting at voters’ place of stay.
 13. A voter or his or her family members may not refuse entry to any of the commission members
appointed to conduct voting at voters’ place of stay, or to any official observers, сandidates for the
President of Ukraine, candidates’ agents, that have the right to be present during the voting. In the
event that the aforementioned persons are denied entry into the voter’s place of stay, the voter in
question shall not be provided with the opportunity to vote at his or her place of stay.
 14. In the event of organizing voting at a voter’s place of stay, a member of the precinct election
commission shall, based on the excerpt from the voter list, issue to the voter, provided that the latter
presents one of the documents specified in Part one of Article 8 of this Code, a ballot paper for voting.
When issuing the ballot paper, the precinct election commission member shall enter his or her last name
and initials and put his or her signature in the designated place on the counterfoil of the ballot paper, as
well as indicating the number of the voter in the voter list. The voter shall, in the manner of secret
voting, without presence of anybody, including a candidate for President of Ukraine, official
observers, election commission members, put his or her signature on the counterfoil of the ballot
paper and in the excerpt from the voter list in person, fill out the ballot paper in accordance with the
procedure provided for by this Code, and cast the completed ballot paper into the ballot box.
 A member of the voter’s family or a person caring for him or her has the right to be present during
voting, to help him or her to fill in the ballot paper and to put it in the ballot box if the voter due to
health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) cannot perform these actions on their
own.
 15. If a voter included in the excerpt from the voter list for voting at voters’ place of stay arrives at
the premises for voting after the precinct election commission members have departed to conduct voting
at voters’ place of stay, that voter may not be issued ballot papers for voting until the return of the
commission members in charge of organizing voting at voters’ place of stay and until it has been
determined that the voter has not already voted at the place of his or her residence.
 16. After a voter has voted at his or her place of stay, the precinct election commission member
who issued the ballot papers to the voter shall put the mark “voted at place of residence” next to the
voter’s name, enter his or her own last name, and put his or her signature.
 17. The excerpt from the voter list used for voting at voters’ place of stay shall be appended to the
voter list and be deemed to be an integral part thereof. The voter list shall be appended with voters’
written applications, certificates from medical institutions, and copies of the respective decisions by the
precinct election commission.
 18. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to out-of-country election precincts.
 19. 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 carrying out 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.