§ Art. IV-206Powers of Territorial Election Commissions Related to Preparation for and Conduct

of Local Elections
 1. A territorial election commission, during the time period of exercise of its powers, shall
ensure the preparation for and conduct of the local election, within the scope of its powers and in
accordance with the procedure specified by this Code and laws of Ukraine.
 2. The respective territorial election commission, which establishes the results of elections of
members to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an oblast, rayon, city,
rayon in city, village or settlement council and of elections of a village, settlement or city mayor
shall:
 1) ensure the preparation for and conduct of the respective local elections;
 2) form territorial and multi-member election districts in accordance with this Code, and
 establish their boundaries and uniform numbering, and determines the number of seats
 to be distributed in multi-member districts;

 

 3) provide legal, organizational, methodological and technical support to the election
 commissions, as regards their activity relating to the election of the respective council or
 mayor; organize training for their members on the matters related to the election process
 organization;
 4) registers candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of village, settlement or
 city mayor, their agents, representatives, authorized persons of party organizations that are
 subjects of the respective election process and issues them certificates;
 5) consider issues as regards cancellation of a decision on registration of candidates in the
 cases stipulated for by this Code;
 6) inform the population about registered candidates for local councils in the respective
 districts and candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor;
 7) approve the text of ballot papers in the respective local elections, provide for the
 production of ballot papers and delivery thereof to the respective territorial and/or
 precinct election commissions;
 8) decide on matters pertaining to the use of funds for the conduct of the respective local
 elections and secures their intended use;
 9) facilitate the organization of meetings of candidates for local councils and candidates
 for the position of village, settlement or city mayor with voters;
 10) ensure the production of forms of protocols and other election documentation, and a
 territorial election commission, which forms precinct election commissions – also seals and
 stamps, and deliver them to the respective precinct election commissions, unless the Central
 Election Commission establishes another procedure for their production;
 11) listen to the information from the respective territorial or precinct election commissions,
 local executive bodies and local self-government bodies as regards issues related to
 preparation and conduct of the respective local elections;
 12) exercise control with the provision of voter lists by precinct election commissions for public
 review and update;
 13) register official observers from candidates, local organizations of parties that are subjects of
 the election process of the respective local elections, and from nongovernmental
 organizations;
 14) exercise control over the use of resources of electoral funds of the electoral subjects
 during the respective local elections;
 15) exercise control of compliance with the procedure of election campaigning specified by
 this Code;
 16) recognize voting at an election precinct invalid based on the results of the recounting of
 votes at the election precinct in the cases and in accordance with the procedure provided for
 by this Code;
 17) establish the results of the local council members and village, settlement or city mayors
 in a manner specified by the Code; exercise the official promulgation of the results of
 the respective local elections;
 18) register elected council members and elected village, settlement or city mayors;
 19) organize the conduct of repeat voting and repeat local elections in the cases provided
 for by this Code;
 20) consider addresses, applications and complaints concerning preparation for and conduct of
 the respective local elections and take decisions on them;

 

 21) ensure the delivery of election and other documents for storage to the respective state
 archival institution in accordance with the procedure approved by the Central Election
 Commission;
 22) exercise control within the respective administrative-territorial unit over the compliance
 with and uniform application of the legislation on local elections in the part concerning the
 respective local elections; convene if necessary on its own initiative a meeting of a precinct
 election commission
 23) exercise other powers provided for by this Code and other laws of Ukraine.
 3. The territorial election commission, which in accordance with part one of Article 255 of this
Code establishes the results of the voting in the respective local elections during the preparation and
conduct of such elections shall exercise the powers provided for in paragraphs 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20-22
of part two of this article, shall submit ballot papers to precinct election commissions, draw up a
protocol on the results of the voting in the respective local elections and transport it together with other
election documentation to the election commission, which establishes the results of such elections:
 1) A village, settlement or city election commission draws up a protocol on the results of the
 voting in the respective elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous
 Republic of Crimea or the oblast council in the territorial election districts or in a part of a
 territorial election district formed within the respective village, settlement or city (or within
 the respective territorial community) and transfers it to the Election Commission of the
 Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the respective oblast election commission;
 2) A rayon in city election commission draws up and submits to the city election commission:
 a) the protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the city council
 in the territorial election district or its part (in a city territorial community with 10,000
 or more voters) or in multi-member election districts (in a city territorial community
 with up to 10,000 voters);
 b) the protocol on results of voting in the election of the mayor;
 3) the village, settlement or city election commission draws up and submits to the rayon
 election commission a protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of
 the respective rayon council in the territorial election district, part of the territorial election
 district formed within the village, settlement or city (or respective territorial community),
 and transmits the established results to the respective rayon election commission.
 4. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea an oblast, rayon, city,
rayon in city (in cities in which rayon in city councils were established), settlement or village
election commissions shall inform the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Central Election
Commission or the respective local councils about the elected members of the councils and the
village, settlement and city mayors.