Procedures for Formation of Precinct Electoral Commissions
1. Members of Precinct Electoral Commissions shall be appointed by members of appropriate Territorial Electoral Commissions, based on the principle of “one member of Precinct Electoral Commission per one member of Territorial Electoral Commission.”
2. In order to form Precinct Electoral Commissions in accordance with these procedures, members of Territorial Electoral Commissions shall submit, their nominations to the Chairman of their respective Commission by 18:00, no earlier than 19 days and no later 16 days before the voting day, and, during extraordinary elections, by 18:00, no earlier than 26 and no later than 23 days before the voting day.
3. If Precinct Electoral Commissions fail to be formed in accordance with the aforementioned procedures, the remaining vacancies in them shall be filled by the Chairman of the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission within three days.
If the number of members of a Precinct Electoral Commission is less than two thirds of what is required at 8:00 am on the voting day, then the Chairman of that Precinct Electoral Commission shall notify the Chairman of the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission, using any available means of communications. Chairman of the Territorial Electoral Commission shall appoint members of Precinct
Electoral Commission from among persons who have passed training on how to conduct elections and received certificates for working in Precinct Electoral Commissions, taking into consideration their place of territorial-administrative affiliation.
4. The first session of a Precinct Electoral Commission shall be called by the Chairman of the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission, at the precinct center, at 12:00 (noon), the next day after the commission is formed; it shall be chaired by the most senior (in terms of age) member of the Precinct Electoral Commission.
5. At their first sessions, Precinct Electoral Commissions shall elect their Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen and Secretaries from among themselves.
6. Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen and Secretaries of Precinct Electoral Commissions shall be elected in two days, in accordance with procedures for electing the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission.
7. If a Precinct Electoral Commission fails to elect a Chairman within the required timeframe, then the Chairman shall be appointed by the Chairman of the appropriate Territorial Electoral Commission from among members of the appropriate commission, no later than two days after the deadline set in Paragraph 6 of this Article.
8. The authority of Precinct Electoral Commissions shall be terminated 14 days after the voting day or, in the event of re-voting, 14 days after the re-voting day.
