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Article 44.
 

Procedure for Compiling and Verification of Voter Lists for Foreign election district


1. After the establishment of the foreign election district, the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall compile the preliminary voter lists for each foreignelection precinct in accordance with the requirements of the Law on the State Voter Register. The form of the preliminary voter list shall be approved in accordance with Part 3 Article 39 of this Law.


2. The preliminary voter lists for an foreignelection precinct shall include the citizens of Ukraine who have reached or, as of the day of voting will have reached, eighteen years of age, have a right to vote, and whose election addresses are located outside Ukraine.


3. A voter residing or staying in Ukraine who on the day of voting will be abroad may, no later than five days prior to the day of voting, submit to the State Voter Register maintenance body at his or her election address or the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine a reasoned application seeking to temporarily change his or her voting place without a change of the election address.


4. No later than twenty-two days prior to the day of voting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall deliver one paper copy of the preliminary voting list to the respective precinct election commissions. A second copy of the list shall be stored at the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.


5. On the day following the day of the receipt of the preliminary voter list, the precinct election commission of an foreignelection precinct shall make it available for public review at the premises of the precinct election commission.


6. The familiarization of voters with the preliminary voter list for an foreignelection precinct shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 40 of this Law.


7. Within the time framework prescribed by Part 5 Article 40 of this Law, a voter shall have the right to submit to the respective precinct election commission an application regarding inaccuracies in the preliminary voter list for an foreignelection precinct, to which the required documents (copies of documents) shall be attached.


8. A voter’s application under Part 7 of this Article shall immediately be sent through the respective foreigndiplomatic institution of Ukraine to the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The foreigndiplomatic institution of Ukraine shall also deliver a copy of such application to the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine via technical means of communication.


9. The State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall produce the corrected voter list, based on information submitted in accordance with the Law on the State Voter Register and the results of consideration of the voters’ applications. No later than two days prior to the date of voting, the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall deliver one copy of the corrected voter list to the respective precinct election commission of the foreignelection precinct. A second copy of the corrected voter list shall be stored at the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.


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10. On the day of voting, amendments to the corrected voter list for an foreignelection precinct shall be made only by the head or the deputy head and the secretary of the election commission, and only through correction of inaccuracies and technical errors under the procedure laid down in Part 7 Article 42 of this Law.