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(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 a multi-member election district, upon receipt by the
respective election commission of documents provided for by Article 223 of this Code.
 2. The submission of documents to the respective election commission for registration of
candidates shall end thirty days prior to the date of voting.
 3. Should a person included in the party organization’s list of candidates to the respective council fail
to submit, as of the day the party organization submits the application for registration of candidates to village,
settlement or city council (of a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters) to the respective territorial
commission a statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate for that party organization, he or she shall
be deemed excluded from the party organization’s list of candidates as of the day of submission of the party
organization’s application. A statement of consent submitted by such a person after the submission of the
aforementioned party organization’s application for registration of candidates shall not be accepted.
 4. A person included in the party organization’s list of candidates to the respective council may
withdraw his or her statement of consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate prior
to the day of registration of him or her as a candidate. Such person shall, in person, file with the
territorial election commission a statement of withdrawal of his or her consent to be nominated as a
candidate from the respective party organization notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the
Law of Ukraine “On Notariate”. Such person shall be deemed excluded from the party organization’s
list of candidates to the respective council as of the moment of receipt by the territorial election
commission of the statement of withdrawal of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from
that party organization. The respective territorial election commission shall notify the party
organization that nominated the candidate in writing of the receipt of a statement of withdrawal no later
than within three days following the day of the receipt of the statement of withdrawal. A statement of
consent to be nominated as a candidate by the party organization submitted by a person who has
previously withdrawn shall not be accepted.
 5. If it becomes known that a person has been included in the lists of candidates to the
respective council of several party organizations and/or through self-nomination, the authorized
representative of the territorial election commission shall address, no later than on the next day
following the day when such information has become known, the said person with the requirement
to file, in person, with the election commission a statement on the confirmation of his or her
consent to be nominated as candidate only from one party organization or through self-nomination,
which shall be notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notariate”.
 Should a person file a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as a
candidate from the respective party organization, such person shall be deemed excluded from the lists
of candidates to the respective council of other party organizations.
 Should a person fail to submit such a statement within two days following the day of receipt of the
respective address, such person shall be excluded by a decision of the territorial election commission
from the list of candidates to the respective council of all party organizations, in which he or she has
been included.
 6. Within five days of the receipt of the party organization’s application on registration of
candidates and the documents appended thereto, the respective territorial election commission
shall make a decision on registration of candidates, or on refusal to register candidates.
 7. The territorial election commission shall, no later than twenty-two days prior to the day of
voting, make public in the manner determined by it, the information on registration of candidates
in multi-member election districts in alphabetic order (according to their last names), with an
indication of the number of the multi-member election district, in which the candidate has been
nominated, the nominating subject, the last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if
available), the day, month and year of birth, information on citizenship, education, party
membership, job position, place of employment (occupation) and place of residence of each of the
candidates.

 

 8. In case of registration in a multi-member district of a candidate nominated by a party
organization or a candidate nominated by self-nomination, the respective territorial election
commission shall issue a candidate’s certificate to the representative of the party organization or the
respective candidate within three days of the registration decision. according to a form established by
the Central Election Commission
 The decision on registration of candidates is posted by the respective territorial election commission
within three days from the date of its adoption on its official website (if available), the website of the
respective local council or in another manner specified by it and/or on the stand of official materials of
the commission.
 Information on registered candidates for members of the village, settlement or city councils (of
territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters) indicating the number of the multi-member election
district in which the candidate is nominated, the subject of nomination, surname, first name (all first
names), patronymic name (if any), date, month, year of birth, information on citizenship, education,
party affiliation, position, place of work (occupation), place of residence of each candidate are
submitted for publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission in the manner
prescribed by it.