TrustVoting Atlas

1. A precinct election commission shall be established by the respective city or rayon in city,
village or settlement territorial election commission no later than fifteen days prior to the day of
voting, consisting of a chair, deputy chair, a secretary and other members of the commission.
 The right to nominate candidates to precinct election commissions shall be granted to:
 1) local organizations of political parties, the establishment of parliamentary factions of
 which was announced at the first ordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
 of the current convocation;
 2) a local organization of a political party that has concluded an agreement on political
 cooperation in the respective local elections with an MP group, the formation of which was
 announced at the session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine no later than January 1 of the
 year in which the elections take place.
 One MP group, the formation of which was announced at a session of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine no later than January 1 of the year in which the elections take place, may conclude only one
agreement on political cooperation in the respective local elections with only one political party.
 The agreement shall be signed by the chair (chairs) of the MP group, the formation of which was
announced at the session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine not later than January 1 of the year in which
the elections take place, and by the head of the political party with which it was concluded.
 The chair (chairs) of the MP group, the formation of which was announced at a session of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine not later than January 1 of the year in which the elections take place, shall
inform the Verkhovna Rada Secretariat on the conclusion of the respective agreement, not later than
ninety-five days before the voting day by letter to which is attached a copy of the political agreement.

 

 The Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall notify the Central Election Commission of
the conclusion of the respective agreement no later than ninety-one days prior to the day of voting by
letter to which a copy of the political agreement is attached;
 3) local organizations of political parties, which have registered candidates for members
 of Verkhovna Rada of Autonomous Republic of Crimea or oblast, rayon, rayon in city,
 city, village or settlement councils (of territorial communities with 10,000 or more
 voters);
 4) candidates for village, settlement or city councils (of territorial communities with less
 than 10,000 voters);
 5) candidates for village, settlement or city mayor.
 When establishing a precinct election commission, the respective territorial election commission
shall determine the persons to be included in the respective precinct election commission from among
nominees submitted by the nominating subjects indicated in clause three to five of this paragraph, by
way of drawing lots, which shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified by Central
Election Commission, no later than on the eighth day following the expiry of the time period for
submission of nominations to such a commission.
 As regards nominees submitted by local organizations of political parties, the establishment of
parliamentary factions of which was announced at the first ordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine of the current convocation, drawing lots shall not be conducted. Nominees from such
nominating subjects shall be included in each precinct election commission (no more than two persons
in the composition of each precinct election commission), on the condition that submissions were filed
and found to be in compliance with the requirements established by this Code.
 As regards nominees submitted by local organizations of political parties specified in clause two of
this paragraph, drawing lots shall not be conducted. Nominees from such nominating subjects shall be
included in each precinct election commission (no more than one person in the composition of each
precinct election commission), on the condition that submissions were filed and found to be in
compliance with the requirements established by this Code.
 If two or more local organizations of one political party simultaneously file submissions of
candidacies to the same precinct commission, then the nominees from the local organization of the
political party that is of higher level than other party organizations must be included into the
composition of such commission.
 Candidates nominated to a precinct election commission may be rejected only on the grounds of
their non-compliance with the requirements of Article 34 of this Code, violation of the requirements of
this part and part four of this article by a decision of the territorial election commission or by the results
of the drawing lots specified by this Part.
 A decision to reject nominees based on the results of the lottery shall not be adopted.
 2. Citizens of Ukraine complying with the requirements of Article 34 of this Code may be
members of a precinct election commission.
 3. A precinct election 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.
 At election precincts in which the number of voters does not exceed two hundred persons, a precinct
election commission may consist of a chair, a secretary and two to four other members.
 4. A local organization of a political party, the formation of a deputy faction of which was
announced at the first ordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the current convocation,
and in case of its absence in the structure of the respective political party – the oblast or, in the

 

Autonomous Republic of Crimea, republican organization of this political party, shall submit to the
respective territorial election commission nominations for members of the precinct election
commissions (no more than two persons to each precinct election commission).
 A local organization of a political party that has concluded an agreement on political cooperation
in the respective local elections with an MP group, the formation of which was announced at a session
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine no later than January 1 of the year in which the local elections take
place, a local organization of a party from which candidates are registered for the elections of the
Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in city, as well as village,
settlement or city councils (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters), and in case of their
absence in the structure of the respective political party – an oblast or, in the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea, a republican organization of this political party in accordance with the existing administrative-
territorial structure, shall submits to the respective territorial election commission nominations for
members of the precinct election commissions (no more than one person to each precinct election
commission).
 A submission shall be signed by the chair of the local party organization and affixed with the seal
of the respective local party organization, or the seal of a higher-level organization of the political party,
or the seal of the political party.
 A candidate in the multi-member election district in the elections of a village, settlement or city
council (of territorial communities with less than 10,000 voters) or a candidate for village, settlement
or city mayor shall file with the territorial election commission a submission of nominations to the
respective precinct election commissions (no more than one person to each precinct election
commission), which shall be signed by him or her.
 The aforementioned nomination submissions to precinct election commissions shall be filed no later
than twenty-four days prior to the day of voting, in a form established by the Central Election
Commission.
 Nominations of members of a precinct election commission may be submitted to the respective
election commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by
the Central Election Commission.
 Submissions of nominations to precinct election commissions shall include the information
provided for by Part eleven of Article 203 of this Code.
 Submissions of nominations shall be appended with: a photocopy of each nominee’s passport of a
citizen of Ukraine (photocopies of the first and second pages of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the
form of a passport book, or a photocopy of the front and reverse sides of a passport of a citizen of
Ukraine in the form of a card), or a photocopy of the first and second pages of a person’s temporary
certificate of a citizen of Ukraine (for persons who have recently been granted Ukrainian citizenship).
 Statements of the persons nominated to a precinct election commission, expressing their consent to
participate in the work of an election commission on behalf of the respective nominating subject, their
consent to carry out the official functions as chair, deputy chair or secretary of an election commission,
and their non-consent to participate in the work of an election commission on behalf of other nominating
subjects in the respective elections shall be submitted by the respective nominating subjects before they
file the submission to the territorial election commission on the nomination of members to the
composition of precinct election commissions.
 If the respective election commission identifies simultaneous submission of the same nominee to a
precinct election commission from different subjects of nomination, the territorial election commission
shall apply to the respective subjects of submission or the candidate proposed to the precinct election
commission to clarify the information and submit an application for consent to participation in the work
of a precinct election commission from the respective subject of submission. If the consent of a person
to participate in the work of a precinct election commission from the respective subject of submission
is not confirmed, the territorial election commission shall reject the nomination of such person.

 

 5. Technical errors or inaccuracies contained in a submission shall not constitute a reason for the
rejection of nominees.
 In the event if technical errors and inaccuracies are discovered in the surname, name or patronymic
name, or the date of birth indicated in the submission – then the information in the resolution on the
formation of the territorial election commission shall be indicated on the basis of the copies of the
passport documents.
 6. The chair, the deputy chair, and the secretary of the precinct election commission shall be
representatives of different nominating subjects, specified in Part one of this Article.
 7. The decision on establishing a precinct election commission shall be made public by the
territorial election commission that established it in the manner prescribed by this territorial election
commission no later than the next day following the day when the precinct election commission
was established. A decision on replacement of members in the composition of a precinct election
commission shall be made public pursuant to the procedure and within the time period prescribed
by this Part, but no later than on the last day prior to the day of voting.
 8. In the event if no submissions of nominations to a precinct election commission were filed
within the time period prescribed by Part four of this Article, or if submissions of nominations to
a precinct election commission were filed containing fewer persons than established by Part three
of this Article (respectively, less than 10 persons for small election precincts; less than 12 persons
for medium-sized election precincts; less than 14 persons for large election precincts; and less than
four persons for elections precin