Main Principles of Information Support for Elections

1. Voters shall be provided with the opportunity for access to diverse, objective and unbiased information necessary for making deliberate, informed and free choices.

2. The information contained in the documents submitted to the Central Election Commission for the registration of the MP candidates shall be open. On the official website of the Central Election Commission, information shall be made public on each MP candidate’s last name, first name (all first names), and patronymic (if any), date, month, year and place of birth, citizenship with indication of the time of residence in the territory of Ukraine, information on position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, place of residence, existence or absence of criminal record, and the nominating entity

3. The election commissions, mass media and information agencies, state executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, bodies of local self-government, their officials, civic associations, as well as other persons shall, when disseminating information on the election in a manner that is not deemed to be election campaigning pursuant to Article 68 of this Law, abide by the principles of unbiased, unprejudiced, balanced, reliable, complete and accurate information.

4. The Central Election Commission at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the preparation and conduct of the MP election, not later than thirty five days before the day of voting shall ensure production of information posters of the parties whose MP candidates are registered in the nationwide election district. The posters have to contain the parties’ election programs (not more than seven thousand eight hundred printed characters) they submitted for registration of MP candidates, an electoral list of the party stating the family name, first name, patronymic, the year of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence, party affiliation of the MP candidates included in the list as well as photographs of the first five MP candidates. The form, size, and printing layout of the information posters shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. The Central Election Commission shall receive an approval of the party’s representative in the Central Election Commission for the text and printing layout of the information poster. {Part 4 was added to Article 63 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

5. The Central Election Commission at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the preparation and conduct of the MP election, not later than thirty five days before the day of voting shall ensure production of information posters of the MP candidates registered in singlemandate districts. The posters shall contain the candidate’s curriculum vitae, his or her election program (not more than three thousand nine hundred printed characters) and a photo that were submitted for registration. The Cenral Election Commission shall receive approval of the MP candidate registered in a single-mandate district for the text and printing layout of the candidate’s information poster. {Part 5 was added to Article 63 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

6. The Central Election Commission shall ensure production of an equal amount of information posters for parties and candidates totaling not less than two copies of each poster for every election precinct. Information posters produced for the parties shall be forwarded to the respective election commissions pursuant to the procedure identified by the Central Election Commission. {Part 6 was added to Article 63 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

7. Information posters shall be delivered to the respective election commissions not later than twenty days before the election day.

{Part 7 was added to Article 63 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}