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Election Precinct
 1. A precinct election commission shall be established by the respective district election
commission no later than fifteen days prior to the day of voting and shall consist of the chair, deputy
chair, secretary, and other members of the commission.
 2. A precinct election commission shall be formed with the following number of members:
 1) for small election precincts - 10-14 members;
 2) for medium-sized election precincts - 12-16 persons;
 3) for large election precincts - 14 - 18 members.
 3. At election precincts in which the number of voters does not exceed two hundred persons, a
precinct election commission may consist of the chair, the secretary and two to four other members.
 4. The right to nominate candidates to precinct election commissions shall be granted to the
nominating subjects specified in Part two of Article 140 of this Code.
 The second paragraph was repealed.
 5. The precinct election commission of a regular or special election precinct (except the cases
provided for by Part twelve of this Article) must include one representative of each nominating subject
specified in clause 1 of Part two of Article 140 of this Code that has made the required submission. No
more than one representative of each nominating subject specified in clause 2 of Part two of Article140
shall be included in the precinct election commission on the basis of the results of drawing lots, to be
conducted by the district election commission no later than on the third day following the day of expiry
of the term for filing the submissions specified in Part six of this Article, in accordance with the
procedure established by the Central Election Commission. Persons nominated to a precinct election
commission may be rejected only on the grounds of their noncompliance with the requirements of
Article 34 of this Code, or by a decision of the district election commission when the filing of a
submission failed to comply with the requirements of Parts six and seven of this Article, or as a result
of the application of the mechanism of drawing lots specified by this Part. The decision to reject the
candidates based on the results of the drawing of lots shall not be made.
 6. No later than seventeen days prior to the day of voting, a nominating subject wishing to
nominate candidates to precinct election commissions shall submit to the respective district election
commission, in a format approved by the Central Election Commission, the paper and electronic forms
of the list of persons nominated by that subject (no more than one candidate to one election commission)
to the respective precinct election commissions. The submission shall indicate the persons suggested
by the nominating subject for the positions of the chair, deputy chair, and secretary of the election
commission. The submission from a party shall be signed by the chair of the party (or a person acting
in his or her capacity) and affixed with the seal of that party.
 The submission from the party shall be filed by a person authorized on the basis of a power of
attorney issued by the party or by an authorized person of the party in a nationwide or territorial district.
 Submissions of nominees to the precinct election commissions may be filed by means of electronic
services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.
 7. A submission of nominees for precinct election commissions shall contain the information
listed in Part five of Article 140 of this Code.
 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 subjects in the respective elections shall be submitted to the respective political parties –
nominating subjects before the submission to the district election commission of the nominees to the
district election commissions.
 If the district election commission finds a simultaneous nomination of one candidate to the precinct
election commission from different nominating subjects, the Commission shall address the respective
nominating subjects, and the candidate nominated to the precinct election commission, requesting to
clarify information and submit a statement of consent to participate in the work of the precinct election
commission on behalf of the respective nominating subject. In case a person’s consent to participate in
the work of the precinct election commission from the respective nominating subject is not confirmed,
the district election commission shall reject the candidacy of such person.
 8. If the submission of nominees to a precinct election commission fails to be filed within the
time period prescribed by Part six of this Article, or if the number of persons nominated to the precinct
election commission is less than the minimum number established by Parts two and three of this
Article, the district election commission shall be obliged to form, within the time period specified by
Part one of this Article, a precinct election commission upon a proposal by the chair of the district
election commission, the number of its members not exceeding the average of the numbers established
by Parts two or three of this Article, necessarily having regard to the nominees proposed by the
respective nominating subjects specified in Part four of this Article. The members of the district
election commission shall be entitled to submit proposals for such nominees to the chair of the district
election commission.
 If necessary, in order to ensure the proper preparation and conduct of the election by precinct
election commissions, including that on the day of voting, the district election commission may, at any
time prior to the day of voting, increase the number of members of the precinct election commission to
its maximum established by Parts two and three of this Article, upon a proposal of the chair of the
respective district election commission on the basis of proposals of the members of this election
commission.
 9. Technical errors or inaccuracies contained in a submission shall not constitute a reason for the
rejection of nominees.
 10. 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 precinct
election commission shall contain information on the basis of copies of passport documents. Each
subject that nominates candidates to precinct election shall have the right to a proportional share of each
category of managerial positions in precinct election commissions, separately for small, medium-sized
and large election precincts within the territorial district, which depends on the number of nominees
from the respective nominating subject included in precinct election commissions. The share of
managerial positions for each subject nominating candidates to each type of election commissions
within the territorial district shall be determined on the basis of the proportion of a number of nominees
included from this nominating subject in election commissions of each type of election precincts, in
relation to the total number of members included in the election commissions of the respective type
of election precincts. A person appointed to a precinct election commission upon proposal of the
chair of the district 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 have been submitted. 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.
 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 precinct election

 

commissions. In case a precinct 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 precinct election
commission and failure by the nominating subject from which the person was included in the precinct
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 precinct election commission without respecting
the right of the nominating subject to a proportional share of each category of managerial positions.
 11. The chair, deputy chair, and secretary of a precinct election commission shall represent
different political parties, except for a case specified in Part ten of this Article.
 12. A precinct election commission of a special 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, shall
be established by the district election commission according to the place of registration of such a ship
or Ukraine’s polar station upon a submission, respectively, of the ship’s captain or Ukraine’ polar
station’s chair, which can be sent via technical means of communication within the time period
prescribed by Part six of this Article.
 13. In the event of formation of a special election precinct in an exceptional case, in accordance
with Part five of Article 30 of this Code, a precinct election commission shall be established by
the Central Election Commission simultaneously with the creation of an election precinct upon a
submission of the district election commission or the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
 14. If a district election commission makes a submission to the Central Election Commission
seeking to establish a special election precinct in an exceptional case, it shall notify all subjects eligible
to nominate members to precinct election commissions and invite them to file submissions concerning
nominations to the precinct election commission under the procedure established by this Article and
within the terms prescribed by the district election commission, but no later than five days following
the day of such notification.
 15. A decision establishing a precinct election commission shall be published in the manner prescribed by
the respective election commission or the Central Election Commission no later than on the fifth day following
the day when such a decision was adopted. A decision establishing the precinct election commission of a
special election precinct established in an exceptional case, or a decision changing the composition of a precinct
election commission shall be published or made public pursuant to the procedure and within the terms
prescribed by this Part, but no later than on the last day prior to the day of voting.