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Article 25.
 

Status of Election Commissions


1. Election Commissions shall be deemed special collective bodies responsible for the preparation and conduct of the election of MPs and ensuring observance and uniform application of Ukraine’s legislation on the election of MPs.


2. The status of the Central Election Commission shall be determined by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law on the Central Election Commission, and this and other Laws of Ukraine. The Central Election Commission shall lead the system of election commissions that organize the preparation and conduct of the election of MPs, and shall be the highest level commission for all district and precinct election commissions specified by this Law.


3. The Central Election Commission shall not be a legal successor of district election commissions.


4. The status of district and precinct election commissions shall be determined by this Law.


5. A district election commission shall be a legal person and have a seal, the sample of which is to be approved by the Central Election Commission. A district election commission shall be the higher level commission for all precinct election commissions within the respective singlemandate election district.


6. A precinct election commission shall not be a legal person. Each precinct election commission shall have its own seal, the sample of which shall be approved by the Central Election Commission