Special Election Precincts

1. Special election precincts shall be established in inpatient care establishments, penitentiary institutions, pretrial detention centers, on ships sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine, at Ukraine’s polar stations, and in other places where the voters with restricted moving possibility temporarily stay. The establishment of one election precinct for two or more establishments or institutions shall not be allowed. The Central Election Commission can establish, on a permanent basis, special election precincts in inpatient care establishments, at Ukraine’s polar stations, in penitentiary institutions, pretrial detention centers.

2. Special election precincts shall be created so as to provide the voters with the possibility to vote without violating the internal regime of the establishment (institution) in which they are located. In order to ensure that voting does not conflict with the internal regime at the respective establishment (institution), more than one special election precinct may be established within an establishment (institution).

3. Special election precincts existing on a temporary basis shall be established by the district election commissions no later than forty-five days prior to the day of voting.

4. A special election precinct shall be determined by the institution, establishment, ship, Ukraine’s polar station at which it has been formed. A special election precinct shall have its own number, address (location) of an institution, establishment, Ukraine’s polar station, which shall be determined by the Central Election Commission or by a district election commission, or shall be characterized by a ship’s name and port of registration.

5. Special election precincts existing on a temporary basis shall be established by a district election commission on the basis of a submission, of a form approved by the Central Election Commission, from the relevant rayon or city rayon state administrations or executive committees of city councils in cities of oblast (republican in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) subordination. The aforementioned submissions shall be presented to the relevant district election commission no later than forty-eight days prior to the day of voting.

6. A submission regarding the establishment of a special election precinct in the respective establishment or institution shall contain: 1) the name of the institution or establishment; 2) the legal address of the institution or establishment; 3) the approximate number of voters who will stay at the institution or establishment on the day of voting; 4) the availability of the respective premises to be used for voting and their address (if the address of the premises for voting differs from the legal address of the institution or establishment); 5) commitment of the administration of the establishment or institution to provide unimpeded access to the premises to be used for voting to members of the respective election commission and for persons who, under this Law, have the right to be present therein during the voting and vote counting.

7. A submission regarding the establishment of a temporary special election precinct on a ship sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine shall contain: 1) the ship’s name; 2) the ship’s port of registration; 3) the approximate number of voters on a ship; 4) the latest day preceding the day of voting of the ship’s departure from the port of registration; 5) the estimated day closest to the day of voting of the ship’s return to a Ukrainian port.

8. In an exceptional case of establishment of a new inpatient care establishment, penitentiary institution, pretrial detention center, or other establishment for temporary stay of voters with restricted mobility, and in case of unforeseen departure of a ship sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine, a special election precinct may be established by the Central Election Commission no later than ten days prior to the day of voting upon a submission of the relevant district election commission. The aforementioned submission shall be filed by the district election commission no later than fifteen days prior to the day of voting on the basis of a submission of the relevant rayon state administration or executive committee of a city council in a city of oblast (republican in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) subordination. The application shall include the information specified in Parts 6 and 7 of this Article.

9. In the case when the election of MPs is held simultaneously with the election of the President of Ukraine, special election precincts are used for the election of MPs that were created on a temporary basis as well as election precincts that were created as provided for in Part 10 Article 20 of the Law of Ukraine on Elections of the President of Ukraine; {Part 9 was added to Article 21 pursuant to the Law 1184-VII dd. 08.04.2014}