§ Art. IV-223Conditions for Registration of Candidates to village, Settlement and City Council (of

territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters)
 1. The respective village, settlement or city election commission shall register candidates
nominated by the party organization in multi-member election districts upon receipt of the
following documents:
 1) an application for registration of the candidates, signed by the chair of the party organization
 and affixed with the party organization’s seal, or, in the case of absence thereof, with the
 seal of a higher-level party organization;

 

 2) a decision of the party organization’s meeting or conference specified in Part eight of Article
 220 of this Code on the nomination of candidates from the party organization and the
 approved list of candidates to the respective council specified in Part two of Article 220 of
 this Code, which shall be appended to such a decision and shall be an integral part thereof,
 in a form established by the Central Election Commission, in paper form, which shall
 necessarily include the information provided by Part ten of Article 220 of this Code, signed
 by the party organization’s chair and affixed with the party organization’s seal, as well as
 in electronic form;
 3) statements of the persons included in the party organization’s list of candidates to the
 respective council expressing consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate
 (including in the respective multi-member election district), which shall also contain a
 person’s consent to the publication of his or her biographical information and the processing
 of the candidate’s personal data, as well as the acknowledgment of the obligation in case of
 election to lay down another representative mandate (in the absence of a mandate – to
 indicate its absence);
 4) a document on making a cash deposit in accordance with Article 225 of this Code;
 5) paper and electronic copies of the application forms of candidates, in a form established
 by the Central Election Commission, which shall necessarily contain: last name, first
 name (all first names), and patronymic name (if any), all previous last names, first names,
 and patronymic name and the dates of change thereof (if a person has changed his or her
 last name and/or first name (one of the first names or all first names), and/or patronymic
 name during the last five years prior to the day of his or her nomination as a candidate), the
 day, month, year and place of birth, citizenship, the information about educational
 background, job position (occupation), place of employment, party membership,
 address of place of residence, presence or absence of a representative mandate,
 telephone number, information on presence or absence of a criminal record, date of
 filling out the application and a signature of a candidate (to be filled out in printed
 form);
 6) one photograph on paper sized 4x6 cm, and in an electronic format, of each of the
 candidates;
 7) photocopies of the first and second page of each candidate’s passport of a citizen of
 Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse page of
 a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a card.
 Should village, settlement or city election commission find discrepancies between the party
organization’s list of candidates to the respective council provided in both hard copy and electronic
form, the paper copy shall prevail.
 The documents to the respective election commission for registration of candidates nominated by
the party organization in multi-member election districts shall be submitted by a party organization’s
representative authorized by a power of attorney issued by the party organization.
 The territorial election commission shall issue to a party organization’s representative authorized
by a power of attorney issued thereby, who has submitted documents provided for by this Part of this
Article, a certificate confirming the receipt of such documents, with the indication of the date and time
of the receipt of the documents, as well as the list thereof.
 2. The respective territorial election commission shall register a candidate nominated by self-
nomination, upon receipt of a document specified by Part one of Article 8 of this Code, submitted
by a candidate in person, and submission by him or her of the documents provided by clauses 4 to 7 of
Part one of this Article, as well as an application on self-nomination signed by him or her, and a statement
of his or her consent to the publication of his or her biographical information in connection with his or
her participation in the elections to village, settlement or city council (of territorial communities with up
to 10,000 voters)

 

 The territorial election commission shall issue a certificate to the candidate who submitted
documents on self-nomination, indicating the date and time of acceptance of the documents and the list
of accepted documents.
 3. The respective territorial election commission shall not accept the documents specified in
Part one and two of this Article if they are submitted after expiry of the deadline specified in Part two
of Article 228 of this Code.
 4. Persons nominated as candidates shall be held responsible for the authenticity and accuracy
of the data in the documents specified in clause 5 of Part one of this Article, filed with the territorial
election commission for the registration of candidates.
 5. Documents for registration of candidates may be submitted to the respective election
commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central
Election Commission.
 In this case, the documents provided for in part one of this article may be submitted in the form of
electronic copies, the authenticity of which is certified by the chair of the respective party organization
and/or the respective candidate, taking into account the laws of Ukraine "On electronic documents and
electronic document management" and “On electronic trust services."
 If the Central Election Commission decides to use electronic services for registration of candidates,
the provisions of part two of this article on the personal presentation of the document provided for in
part one of Article 8 of this Code shall not apply to a candidate running by self-nomination. In this case,
the documents provided for in paragraphs 4-7 of part one and part two of this article shall be signed
(certified) by the respective candidate taking into account the requirements of the laws of Ukraine "On
electronic documents and electronic document management" and "On electronic trust services."