§ Art. IV-247Preparation for Voting

1. The precinct election commission of a regular election precinct shall notify voters included in
the voter list for the election precinct of the time and place of voting by sending or delivering personal
invitations in accordance with Part two of Article 42 of this Code.
 2. On the last day prior to the day of voting, each precinct election commission shall, at its
meeting, assign duties to the members of the commission for the day of voting (except the chair and the
secretary of the commission) relating to:
 1) Determining the identity of the voter and his or her inclusion in the voter list;

 

 2) Issuing ballot papers to the voter;
 3) supervising the voters’ entry into the booths for secret voting;
 4) supervising the ballot boxes;
 5) organizing voting at the places of voters’ stay;
 6) supervising the process of entering and exiting the premises for voting;
 7) ensuring voting of voters with health disorders (due to disability, temporary health
 disorders, age) as well as other voters with low mobility
 3. On the day of voting, the precinct election commission shall hold a preparatory meeting, no
earlier than 45 minutes prior to the start of voting. At the beginning of the meeting, all persons present
shall examine the tape sealing the safe (metal case) where the ballot papers are stored.
 4. The chair of the precinct election commission shall make each ballot box at the election
precinct, one by one, available for individual examination by members of the precinct election
commission, candidates present, their agents, authorized persons of party organizations, official
observers, and mass media representatives. As soon as a ballot box has been examined, it shall be sealed
or affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal; after that, a control sheet shall be deposited into
the ballot box, with an indication of the number of the election precinct, the time when the control sheet
was deposited into the ballot box, last names, initials and signatures of the precinct election commission
members present, as well as of any candidates, their agents, party organizations’ authorized persons
and official observers wishing to sign it. The signatures shall be affixed with the precinct election
commission’s seal. As soon as the control sheet has been deposited into the ballot box, the chair of the
election commission shall provide the next ballot box for examination, repeating the same procedure.
After sealing or affixing the commission seal to the last ballot box, depositing a control sheet into it,
and placing the stationary (large) ballot boxes at the places assigned for them, the premises for voting
shall be deemed to be ready for conducting the voting. Mobile (small) ballot boxes shall be placed in
the premises for voting with their slots for depositing the ballot papers downwards, within plain view
of the election commission members and other persons present in the premises for voting in accordance
with the requirements of this Code.
 5. If during the examination of the tape sealing of the safe (metal case) with the ballot papers,
damage to the tape or a discrepancy between the signatures or the seal affixed to it is detected, as
specified in Part twelve of Article 242 of this Code, the precinct election commission shall perform
actions pursuant to the procedure prescribed by Part twelve of Article 242 of this Code.
 6. The chair of the precinct election commission shall open the safe (metal case) with the ballot papers
and, based on the excerpt from the protocol of the territorial election commission on handover of the ballot
papers to the precinct election commission, or on the respective act, shall announce the number of the ballot
papers received by the precinct election commission for voting in each local election and separately for each
election district, in which voting is held at the election precinct. These data shall be entered by the secretary
of the precinct election commission in the respective vote-counting protocol of the precinct election
commission, as well as in the minutes of the meeting of the commission.
 7. The chair of the precinct election commission shall hand over the necessary number of ballot
papers to the precinct election commission members who will be responsible for issuing the ballot
papers to voters in the premises for voting or who will organize voting at voters’ place of stay. The
handover of the ballot papers shall be registered in a special register in a form established by the
Central Election Commission. The aforementioned members of the commission shall certify the
receipt of the ballot papers by their signatures in the register and shall ensure their storage as well as
adherence to the procedure for issuing them to the voters, as prescribed by this Code. No ballot paper
shall be left in the safe.
 8. The chair of the precinct election commission shall hand the sheets of the voter list over to the
precinct election commission members who will be responsible for working with the voter list on the

 

day of voting. The respective members of the commission shall ensure that they are stored and used in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Code.
 9. If the Central Election Commission decides to conduct an experiment or a pilot project using
innovative technologies, preparation for voting within such an experiment or project shall be carried
out in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission