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Article 30.
 

Powers of the Central Election Commission


1. The powers of the Central Election Commission related to preparation and conduct of the election of MPs shall be determined by this Law, the Law on the Central Election Commission, and other Laws of Ukraine.


2. In addition to the powers provided for by the Law on the Central Election Commission, the Central Election Commission shall: 1) exercise control of compliance with and uniform application of the legislation on the election of MPs by the voters; district and precinct election commissions and their members; state executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and local selfgovernment bodies, their officials; enterprises, establishments, institutions and organizations and their officials; mass media organizations, their owners, officials and production personnel; MP candidates; parties, their representatives in the Central Election Commission and authorized persons; proxies of MP candidates in single-mandate election districts, official observers, and non-governmental organizations; 2) provide the election commissions with organizational and methodological support; 3) organize training for members of district election commissions pursuant to the procedure it identifies; {Clause 3 Part 2 Article 30 in the wording of the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} 4) identify the procedure for training of members of precinct election commissions by district election commissions; ensure preparation of methodological recommendations for training of members of precinct election commissions by district election commissions; {A new clause was added to Part 2 Article 30 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} 5) convene, if necessary, on its own initiative, a meeting of a lower level election commission; CDL-REF(2016)040 6) establish the norms and the list of equipment and inventory for the premises of the election commission and the voting premises, as well as the types of services or works that can be provided to election commissions; 7) establish the forms of election documents, approve samples of seals and signboards of election commissions, specify the procedure for the storage and submission of election documents to the relevant state archival institutions; 8) suspend the flow of funds in the accounts of the district election commissions at banking institutions when the term of powers of these commissions has expired, or when accounting standards or financial discipline have been infringed by them; adopt decisions on the transfer of the remaining funds to the account of the Central Election Commission; 9) register MP candidates; 10) register a party’s representative in the Central Election Commission, and party’s proxies; {Clause 10 Part 2 Article 30 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} 11) register proxies of an MP candidate registered in a single-mandate election district; {A new clause was added to Part 2 Article 30 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} 12) make decisions granting a non-governmental organization the right to have official observers during the election of MPs; 13) register official observers from foreign states and international organizations; 14) approve the form, color, and text of the ballot papers for voting in the nationwide district and the single-mandate election districts; ensure centralized printing of the required number of ballot papers, stock-taking thereof, and distribute them to the district election commissions; 15) call repeat elections and by-elections in circumstances specified by this Law; 16) deliver to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ballot papers, forms of other documents, seals and stamps for the delivery thereof to the precinct election commissions of foreign election district; 17) consider applications and complaints concerning decisions, actions or inaction of district election commissions, and adopt decisions on them; 18) approve the text and form of information posters as well as posters clarifying the voting procedures and the liability for violating the legislation on the election of MPs; 19) provide clarifications to the district and precinct election commissions regarding the filling out of the respective vote counting protocols and tabulation of voting results; 20) establishes the voting results and prepares the protocol on the voting results in the foreign election district; {A new clause was added to Part 2 Article 30 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} CDL-REF(2016)040 21) exercise the powers of a district election commission, if it does not receive, within the time frame specified by this Law, the protocol from the district election commission on the voting results in the nationwide district within a single-mandate district or the protocol of the district election commission on the voting results in a single-mandate district, or in the case of inaction of a district election commission; {Clause 21 Part 2 Article 30 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013} 22) exercise other powers provided for by this Law or by other Laws of Ukraine.


3. Normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission provided for in this Law shall be adopted and published pursuant to the established procedure, usually – before the beginning of the election process, unless otherwise provided for by this Law. {A new part was added to Article 30 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


4. In order to ensure organizational, legal, informational, and technical support for the exercise of the powers granted by this Law and the Law on the Central Election Commission, the Central Election Commission shall be granted the right to engage in the election of MPs, for the period of the election process, specialists, experts, and technical personnel as needed.