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Article 13.
 

Publicity and Transparency of the Election Process


1. The election of the MPs shall be prepared and conducted in a public and transparent manner.


2. The election commissions shall ensure the public nature and transparency of the election process by: 1) informing citizens of the composition, location, and working schedule of election commissions; the establishment of the election districts and election precincts; the place and time of voting; and the main rights of voters, including the right to challenge illegal decisions, actions or inaction of election commissions and their members, and of state executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and bodies of local self-government, enterprises, establishments, institutions and organizations, and their heads and other officials; 2) ensuring that electoral subjects have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the voter lists, electoral lists of parties, information on MP candidates, and the procedures for filling out ballot papers; 3) providing voters with explanations of voting procedures and the procedure of filling out ballot papers; 4) making public the results of the voting and the results of the election of MPs; 5) providing other information in the cases and in accordance with the procedures set forth by this Law.


3. Decisions of election commissions as well as decisions of executive bodies relating to the right of voters to vote in an election shall be made public by the aforementioned bodies through printed mass media or, if that is not possible, through other means. Decisions of the Central Election Commission and of district election commissions that pertain to the election process and are of public interest shall be made public on the official website of the Central Election Commission. 8 CDL-REF(2016)040


4. The mass media shall report on preparations for and conduct of elections in an unbiased manner. Mass media representatives shall be guaranteed unrestricted access to all public events related to the election, as well as to meetings of election commissions and to the premises of election precincts on the day of voting, subject to the conditions specified by Part 3 Article 34 of this Law. Within the scope of their authority, election commissions, executive bodies and officials thereof shall provide the mass media with information relating to the preparation for and conduct of the election.


5. Diplomatic offices of Ukraine abroad in which foreign election district are established shall ensure the publication in local mass media of information on the time and place of voting, the location of the respective election precincts and premises for voting, the terms and procedure for applying to precinct election commissions, in particular with respect to inclusion of a voter in the voter list for the foreign election precinct.