Final Meeting of a Precinct Election Commission

1. The final meeting of a precinct election commission shall take place after the end of voting at the election precinct and after the transmission of the report indicated in Part 13 Article 85 of this Law, and shall be held in the same premises in which the voting took place. The final meeting shall continue without interruption until the vote counting protocols of the election precincts have been drawn up and signed.

2. When an election of Members of Parliament of Ukraine occurs simultaneously with election of the President of Ukraine, the counting of votes is done after completion of the protocols on the counting of votes of voters cast for the election of the President of Ukraine and their signing pursuant to the established procedure during the same meeting of the precinct election commission. When an election of Members of Parliament of Ukraine occurs simultaneously with local elections or a referendum, vote counting for the local elections or the referendum shall take place after the vote counting protocols for the election of Members of Parliament of Ukraine in the nationwide district within the single-mandate district and in the single-mandate district at the election precinct have been completed and signed pursuant to the established procedure at the same meeting of the precinct election commission. Until the end of the meeting of a precinct election commission, the packages with the protocols and other election documents relating to the election of Members of Parliament of Ukraine shall remain in the premises where the meeting is being held, within plain view of the precinct election commission members and other persons present at the commission meeting. Packages with the election documents shall be transported to the district election commission, pursuant to the procedure established by Article 93 of this Law, immediately after the respective protocols on all other elections or the referendum have been signed.

{Part 2 Article 87 in the wording of the Law № 1184-VII dd. 08.04.2014}

3. At its final meeting, a precinct election commission shall assign the keeping of the minutes, accordingly, to the deputy head of the precinct election commission or to some other member of the precinct election commission. At that meeting, the secretary of the precinct election commission shall enter data in the protocols on vote counting at the election precinct.

4. If the precinct election commission received any applications or complaints during the voting regarding alleged violations that took place during the voting at the election precinct, the precinct election commission shall consider those complaints at the beginning of the meeting, prior to the counting of votes at the election precinct.

5. Vote counting at the election precinct shall be performed openly and transparently, exclusively by the members of the precinct election commission. Vote counting shall be conducted in the sequence set forth in Articles 88 – 90 of this Law.

6. The precinct election commission shall pack the processed election documents in paper packages. A package containing the processed election documents shall be glued up and an inscription shall be made on the package indicating the type of the packed documents, as well as identifying the election district (nationwide or single-mandate) and the number of the singlemandate election district, the election precinct number, and the date and time of packing; the package shall be signed by all precinct election commission members and affixed with the seal of the precinct election commission.