TrustVoting Atlas

1. The final meeting of a precinct election commission shall take place immediately after the end
of voting at the election precinct, and shall be held in the same premises where the voting was held.
The final meeting of a precinct election commission shall continue without interruption and shall end
when the vote counting protocols of the election precinct have been drawn up and signed.
2. The vote counting at an election precinct shall be organized in the following order:
1) vote counting in the election of the President of Ukraine, the elections of MPs of
Ukraine or in an all-Ukrainian referendum (in the event of holding the local elections
concurrently with the election of the President of Ukraine, the elections of Members of
Parliament of Ukraine or in the all-Ukrainian referendum);
2) vote counting in the election of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea or an oblast council;
3) vote counting in the election of a rayon council;
4) vote counting in the election of city mayor;

5) vote counting in the election of city council;
6) vote counting in the election of city mayor of a city which is a part of another city, in
accordance with the administrative-territorial structure;
7) vote counting in the election of a city rayon council, the city council of a city which
form a part of another city, in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure;
8) vote counting in the election of village or settlement mayor;
9) vote counting in the election of village or settlement council;
10) repealed.
The counting of votes from each local election shall be completed by drawing up a protocol on the
counting of votes at the election precinct from the respective local elections in accordance with the
procedure specified in Article 251 of this Code.
During the vote-counting in each local election, the ballot papers related to the local election, the
vote counting for which has not been performed yet, shall be placed in ballot boxes, which shall be kept
within plain sight of the precinct election commission members.
The packages with the protocols and other election documents relating to the elections, the counting
of which has already been completed, shall be kept in the premises of the precinct election commission
until the end of the precinct election commission meeting, in the field of view of precinct election
commission members and persons present at the commission meeting. Packages with election
documents shall be transported in accordance with the procedure established by Article 253 of this Code
to the territorial election commission, which establishes the outcome of the voting, and in cases
provided by this Code – to the territorial election commission, which establishes election results,
immediately after counting and drawing up respective protocols for all local elections organized by the
respective precinct election commission.
3. At its final meeting, a precinct election commission shall, by its decision, assign the keeping of
the minutes, accordingly, to the deputy chair of the precinct election commission or to some other
member of the precinct election commission. At that meeting, the secretary of the precinct election
commission shall enter data in the protocols on vote counting at the election precinct.
4. In the event, if during the conduct of the voting, a precinct election commission received
applications or complaints relating to violations that occurred during the conduct of the voting at
an election precinct, a precinct election commission shall consider them at the beginning of its
meeting, prior to the vote counting at the election precinct.
5. Vote counting at an election precinct shall be conducted openly and transparently,
exclusively by members of the precinct election commission. Vote counting at the election precinct
shall be performed in accordance with the sequence specified in the provisions of this Article and
in the manner prescribed by the Central Election Commission.
6. A precinct election commission shall pack the processed election documents in packages.
A package with election documents shall be sealed, and an inscription shall be made on a package,
with an indication of the number and type of the packaged documents. The name of the local
election, indication and/or a number of the election district, the number of the election precinct,
the number of packaged ballot papers, and the date and time of packaging shall also be noted. The
package shall be signed by the precinct election commission members present and affixed with the
commission’s seal.
7. Each member of the precinct election commission, responsible for the work with the voter
lists, shall count and put on each sheet of the voter lists received by him or her the following
information, separately for each sheet of the voter lists:
1) the number of voters included in the voter list at the election precinct (as of the end of
voting);

2) the number of voters who received ballots (signed by voters and marked "voted at the place
of stay" in the voter list).
8. A voter list at the election precinct, after the end of voting, in the event if any additions
have been made thereto, shall be closed by crossing out empty fields in the voter lists so as to make
the addition of additional voters to the voter list impossible, and shall be signed by the chair and
secretary of the precinct election commission and affixed with the commission’s seal.
9. A precinct election commission shall, on the basis of a voter list (comparing the voter list
and an excerpt from the voter list), establish the number of voters at the election precinct. This number
shall be announced and entered by the secretary of the election commission (the secretary of the
meeting) in the protocol on vote counting at an election precinct in all local elections.
10. A precinct election commission shall count unused ballot papers. A number of such ballot
papers shall be announced and entered by the secretary of the commission in the protocol on the
vote counting at the election precinct. The unused ballot papers shall be invalidated by cutting off the
bottom right corner of the ballot papers. The invalidated unused ballot papers, together with the ballot
papers spoilt, while the voters were filling them out, and returned to the precinct election commission
members who issued them, shall be packed. The inscription “Unused ballot papers” shall be made on
the packages, with an indication of the name of the local election, indication and/or number of the
election district, the number of the election precinct, the number of packaged ballots, the date and
time of packaging; the package shall be signed by the precinct election commission members present
and affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal.
11. A precinct election commission shall count the number of voters who received ballot papers
for voting in the respective local elections, based on the voters’ signatures in the voter list and marks
“voted at the place of stay” in the voter list. That number shall be announced.
12. A precinct election commission shall sum up the number of the counterfoils of the ballot
papers with signatures of voters and election commission members who issued them separately for
each local election and for each election district, in which the voting was held at the election
precinct. The number of such counterfoils shall be announced.
13. If there is no mismatch between the number of counterfoils specified in Part twelve of this
Article, and the number indicated in Part eleven of this Article, the secretary of the election
commission shall announce this number and enter this number in the protocol on vote counting at
the election precinct as the number of voters who received ballot papers at the election precinct.
If there is a discrepancy between the number of counterfoils specified in Part twelve of this Article,
and the number specified in Part eleven of this Article, the precinct election commission shall write an
act thereon, stating the reason for such discrepancy established by the commission’s decision, which
shall be signed by the precinct election commission members present. The signatures shall be affixed
with the election commission’s seal. The aforementioned act may be signed by the candidates for local
council present, candidates for village, settlement or city mayor, candidates’ agents, party
organization’s authorized persons, and official observers. After that, the election commission shall take
a decision establishing the number of voters who received the ballot papers for voting in the respective
elections. That number shall be announced and entered in the vote-counting protocols of the election
precinct.
14. The voter list, along with the excerpt from the voter list created pursuant to Parts two and three
of Article 249 of this Code; the applications of voters based on which the excerpt was compiled; court
decisions on making changes to the voter list; notifications from the State Voter Register maintenance
body shall be packed in one package. The inscription “Voter List” shall be made on the package, with
an indication of the name of the local election, an indication and/or a number of the election district,
the number of election precinct, the date and time of packaging; the package shall be signed by the
precinct election commission members present and affixed with the precinct election commission’s
seal.

15. The counterfoils of the issued ballot papers for voting in each local election shall be packed
in separate packages. The inscription “Counterfoils of ballot papers” shall be made on the packages,
with an indication of the name of the local election, an indication and/or a number of the election
district, the number of election precinct, the number of packed counterfoils, the date and time of
packaging; the package shall be signed by the precinct election commission members present and
affixed with the commission’s seal.
16. A precinct election commission for each local election shall check if the number of unused
ballots and the number of voters that received ballot papers are equal to the number of ballot papers
received by the precinct election commission. In the event of a discrepancy between these numbers,
the precinct election commission shall draw up an act thereon, stating the reason for such discrepancy
established by the precinct election commission’s decision, which shall be signed by the precinct
election commission members present. The signatures shall be affixed with the commission’s seal.
The aforementioned act may be signed by candidates for local council present, candidates for
village, settlement or city mayor, candidates’ agents, party organization’s authorized persons and
official observers.
17. The precinct election commission shall check the integrity of the sealing tape or seal on each
ballot box.
18. If the precinct election commission discovers damage to the tape or seal, or any other damage
that indicates that the integrity of ballot box has been violated, the precinct election commission shall
write an act thereon, stating the nature of the discovered damage, which shall be signed by the precinct
election commission members present. The signatures shall be affixed with the commission’s seal.
The aforementioned act may be signed by candidates for local council present, candidates for
village, settlement or city mayor, candidates’ agents, party organization’s authorized persons, and
official observers.
19. The precinct election commission shall open the ballot boxes one by one. The first ballot boxes
to be opened shall be the mobile ones that were used for voting outside the voting premises, and the last
ballot boxes to be opened shall be the ones with damaged seals or sealing tape, or with other damage
revealed during the voting (if there are any such boxes).
20. When an undamaged ballot box is opened, its contents s