TrustVoting Atlas

1. Territorial election commissions shall establish the results of voting by completing the
corresponding protocol for the following local elections:
 1) the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the oblast election
 commission – the 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 within
 the territorial election district based on the protocols of the respective village, settlement or
 city election commissions on the results of voting within this district;
 2) city election commission (of a city with 10,000 or more voters) – the protocol on the results
 of the voting in the elections of members of the city council within the territorial election
 district on the basis of protocols of the rayon in city election commissions on the results of
 voting within a part of this district;
 3) village, settlement or city:
 a) the protocol on the results of the voting in the respective election of members of the Verkhovna
 Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the oblast council;
 b) the protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the respective rayon
 council within this territorial election district;
 4) the rayon in 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 commission 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 the results of voting in the election of the mayor.
 Protocols on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the village, settlement, or city
(cities without rayon division) council in the respective multi-member election districts or the village,
settlement or city (cities without rayon division) mayor shall not be shall not be drawn up by a territorial

 

election commission which establishes the results of the elections. The protocol on the results of the
elections shall, in this case, be drawn up directly on the basis of the protocols of the precinct election
commissions on the counting of votes for the respective local elections.
 2. The territorial election commission shall, after the adoption and consideration of protocols
(including those marked “Corrected”) of precinct election commissions on the counting of votes at the
respective election precincts, on the basis of these protocols, and in case of a recount of votes – on the
basis of protocols of the territorial election commission on the counting of votes at the respective
election precincts no later than on a ninth day from the day of voting (and in case of repeat voting – no
later than on the third day from the day of repeat voting) establish and enter into the protocol on the
results of the voting for each election district in the respective local elections the following information:
 1) the number of ballots received by precinct election commissions;
 2) the number of unused ballots cancelled by precinct election commissions;
 3) the number of voters included in the voter lists at election precincts;
 4) the number of voters who received ballots;
 5) the number of voters included in the excerpts from the voter list for voting of voters at their
 place of stay at the election precincts;
 6) the number of voters who received ballots in the premises for voting;
 7) the number of voters who received ballots at their place of stay;
 8) the number of voters who took part in voting in the place for voting;
 9) the number of voters who took part in voting at the premises for voting;
 10) the number of voters who took part in voting;
 11) the number of ballots which shall not be counted unveiled at the election precincts;
 12) the number of ballots declared invalid;
 13) the percentage of the total number of ballots declared invalid in relation to the total number
 of voters who took part in the voting.
 3. In the protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting in the respective
multi-member election district or the unified single-member election district for the respective local
elections, in addition to the information specified in part two of this article, members of the respective
commission shall enter, in figures and words, information on the number of votes cast for each candidate
for the position of village, settlement or city mayor.
 4. The protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting in the territorial
election district for the elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea or the oblast, rayon, rayon in city, as well as city, village or settlement council (of a territorial
community with 10,000 or more voters), except the information specified in part two of this article,
shall also include, in figures and words, the following information:
 1) the total number of votes of voters who supported the territorial electoral lists of all party
 organizations within the territorial election district (part of the territorial election district);
 2) the number of votes of voters who supported the territorial electoral list from each party
 organization within the territorial election district (part of the territorial election district);
 3) the number of votes of voters who supported each candidate included in the territorial
 electoral list from each party organization within the territorial election district;
 4) the number of votes of voters who supported the entire territorial electoral list, without
 supporting a specific candidate from this list, from each party organization within the
 territorial election district.
 5. The protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting in the respective

 

election district shall contain the information specified in part two of this article and the information
specified in parts three or four of this article, respectively.
 6. Information on the results of voting within the election district shall be entered in figures in the
protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting in the respective local
elections for each election precinct and summarized for the election district (part of the election district).
 7. The protocol on the results of the voting in the respective election district (part of the election
district) shall be drawn up by the territorial election commission in three copies. Copies of the protocols
are numbered and have the same legal force. The protocol of the territorial election commission on the
results of voting may be prepared by technical means.
 8. It is prohibited to fill in the protocol on the results of voting with pencil, to make any corrections
to it without a corresponding decision of the territorial election commission, as well as to sign it and
certify it with the seal of the territorial election commission until its final completion.
 9. The protocol shall specify the date and time (hour and minutes) of the signing thereof by the
members of the territorial election commission. Each copy of the protocol shall be signed by the chair,
deputy chair, secretary and other members of the territorial election commission present at the election
commission’s meeting. A member of a territorial election commission present at a meeting of the
commission is obliged to sign the protocol on the results of the voting. In case of disagreement
with the actions of the commission or the results of the voting recorded in the protocol on the
results of the voting, the member of the commission shall sign the protocol with the indication
"With a dissenting opinion." A written statement of a dissenting opinion shall be attached to the
respective protocol on the results of the voting. In case of absence of the signature of the member
of the territorial election commission in the protocol on results of voting next to his surname, the
reason for the absence of the signature is specified. The protocol shall be signed and certified by
the seal of the territorial election commission only after its final completion. Candidates, agents of
candidates, authorized persons of party organizations and official observers who were present at
the meeting of the territorial election commission, also have the right to sigh the first and second
copies of the protocol on the results of the voting in the respective local elections. Failure to sign
the protocol by individual members of the election commission shall entail no legal consequences
for the validity of the protocol.
 10. A member of the respective territorial election commission, a candidate, his/her agent, an
authorized person of the party organization and an official observer who was present at the meeting
during the drawing up of the protocol shall, upon their request, be immediately issued a copy of
the protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of voting (including those marked
“Corrected”) in the amount of one protocol copy for a member of the commission, a candidate and
each party organization, and one protocol copy for an official observer (a group of observers) from
each public organization, foreign state or international organization. These copies shall be signed
on each page by the chair and secretary of the territorial election commission and affixed with seal
of the election commission. Copies of the protocol of the territorial election commission on the
results of voting may be made by technical means.
 11. If an election commission after the signing of the protocol and before it is transferred to the
election commission, which establishes the results of the elections, finds inaccuracies in it (a
miscalculation or error in the figures), it shall consider at its meeting the issue of amending the protocol
by drawing up a new protocol marked “Corrected.” The protocol marked “Corrected” is drawn up and
signed in the manner and in the number of copies established by this article.
 12. The first copy of the protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting
in the respective local elections in the respective election district (part of the election district), and if
available – the respective copy of the protocol marked ”Corrected”, are packaged. The package shall
be marked ”Protocol on Voting Results” and shall indicate the name of the respective elections, an
indication and/or the number of the election district, the date and time of packaging, the number of
packaged documents, the signatures of all members of the territorial election commission present and
the seal of the territorial election commission.

 

 The second copy of the protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting
in the respective local elections in the respective election district, as well as the protocol marked
”Corrected” (if available), shall be kept by the secretary of the territorial election commission. The third
copy of the protocol, as well as the protocol marked ”Corrected” (if available), shall be immediately
posted for public review in the premises of the territorial election commission.
 13. The first copy of the protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of voting
within the election district (part of the election district), and in case of amendments to this protocol –
also the protocol in which inaccuracies were made (miscalculations or errors in figures), together with
the respective protocols and acts of precinct election commissions, decisions adopted on the basis of
these acts, and (if available) protocols of the territorial election commission on the recounting of votes
at the respective election precinct, dissenting opinions of members of the territorial election commission
set out in writing, applications and complaints about violations by the territorial ele