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1. A district election commission shall be established by the Central Election Commission no later
than twenty-eight days prior to the day of voting and shall consist of the chair, the deputy chair, the
secretary, and other commission members, consisting of no less than twelve and no more than eighteen
persons.
 2. The following subjects (hereinafter, nominating subjects) may nominate candidates for
membership in district election commissions:
 1) any political party whose parliamentary faction is registered with the Apparatus of the
 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of current convocation;
 2) political parties that are electoral subjects, MP candidates from which were registered
 in the nationwide election district.
 3. A district election commission shall necessarily include two representatives from each
nominating subject specified in clause 1 of the Part two of this Article (if they have made the required
submission). Any remaining seats on the district election commission shall be filled by no more than

 

one representative from the nominating subjects specified in clause 2 of Part two of this Article, selected
based on the result of drawing of lots by the Central Election Commission in accordance with
procedures established thereby, no later than three days following the day of expiry of the time for filing
the submissions specified in Part four of this Article.
 Persons nominated to a district election commission may be rejected only on the grounds of their
noncompliance with the requirements of Article 34 of this Code, violation of the requirements set forth
in Parts four – six of this Article by way of decision of the Central Election Commission, or as a result
of application of the mechanism of drawing of lots specified by this Part. The decision to reject
candidates based on the results of the drawing of lots shall not be made.
 4. No later than thirty-three days prior to the day of voting, the central governing body of a
nominating subject shall submit to the Central Election Commission, in accordance with the format
approved by the Central Election Commission, the paper and electronic forms of the list of persons that
it wishes to nominate to the respective district election commissions. Each submission shall be signed
by the chair of the nominating subject (or by a person acting in his or her capacity) and affixed with the
seal of the respective nominating subject.
 Submissions of nominees to the district election commissions may be filed to the Central Election
Commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the
Central Election Commission.
 5. Nomination submissions to district election commissions shall include the following
information on each nominee:
 1) last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any);
 2) date, month, year of birth;
 3) citizenship;
 4) place and address of residence, as well as contact phone numbers;
 5) command the state language;
 6) educational background;
 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.
 6. The submission shall be appended with copies of each of the nominees’ passport of a citizen of
Ukraine (copies of the first and second pages of the passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a
passport book or copies of the front and reverse side of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form
of a card), or copies 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 the persons nominated to a district election commission, expressing their consent to
participate in the commission’s work on behalf of the respective nominating subject, and consent to
perform the respective official responsibilities of the chair, deputy chair, or secretary of the commission,
and expressing non-consent to participate in the work of the election commission on behalf of other
nominating in the respective elections shall be submitted to the respective political parties – nominating
subjects before the submission to the Central Election Commission of the nominees 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.
 7. 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.
 8. If the submission of nominees to a district election commission fails to be filed within the time
period prescribed by Part four of this Article, or if the number of persons nominated to the district
election commission is less than twelve, the Central Election Commission shall form a district election
commission within the time period specified by Part one of this Article, consisting of twelve members
of the district election commission, nominated upon proposal submitted by the Chair of the Central
Election Commission, submitted in compliance with the requirements provided for by Article 34 of this
Code, in accordance with the proposals submitted by the members of the Central Election Commission,
necessarily having regard to the nominees proposed by the respective nominating subjects specified in
Part two of this Article.
 9. Each subject that nominates candidates to district election commission shall have the right to a
proportional share of each category of managerial positions in district election commissions. The share
of managerial positions for each subject nominating candidates to district election commissions within
the nationwide election district shall be determined on the basis of the proportion of a number of
nominees included from this nominating subject in a district election commission, in relation to the total
number of members included in the district election commission. 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 from subjects nominating candidates to the commission. Managerial
positions shall be distributed between the nominating subjects based on the shares determined in
accordance with this Part of this Article according to procedures established by the Central Election
Commission. Such procedures 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.
 10. The chair, deputy chair, and secretary of a district election commission shall represent different
political parties.
 11. 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.