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Article 20
 

Allocation of Space in Mass Media to Election Commissions.



During the period of preparation and holding of elections, the broadcasting organizations, mentioned in Article 77.2. of this Code, shall provide the Central Election Commission with not less than 15 minutes free air time per week for explanation of the election (referendum) legislation, rules and time frame for implementation of important election actions, as well as dissemination of information about the course of the election (referendum) campaign and to respond voters’ questions; the broadcasting organizations, mentioned in Article 77.3. of this Code shall provide not less than 10 minutes free air (broadcasting) time to Constituency Election Commissions for the same purpose.





During the week indicated in Article 77.1. of this Code, editorial offices of periodicals that have at least one issue per week should allocate to the Central Election Commission a space not less than one page of the their weekly issues, during the period of preparation and holding of elections.



20.3     Election commissions shall use the spaces allocated in periodicals for explanation of election (referendum) legislation, to answer the questions of voters, referendum campaign groups about rules and schedule of election actions, candidates, registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, and course of election (referendum) campaign.