Procedure for Receipt and Consideration of Protocols of District Election Commissions by the Central Election Commission

1. At its meeting, the Central Election Commission shall review and accept the protocols of the district election commissions on the voting results in the nationwide election district within the single-mandate election districts and, separately, the protocols of the district election commissions on the voting results in the single-mandate election districts. The data of the aforementioned protocols shall be announced at the meeting of the Central Election Commission by the head or deputy head of the respective district election commission. The time of the acceptance of a protocol of a district election commission by the Central Election Commission and the data entered in the protocol shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Central Election Commission.

2. If corrections, errors, or inaccuracies are discovered in the protocols of the district election commission on the voting results, the Central Election Commission shall be entitled to issue a decision requiring the district election commission to introduce changes to the established voting results within the respective single-mandate election district in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Part 7 Article 94 of this Law, which decision shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Central Election Commission. During the time of consideration of such issue by the district election commission, the copies of protocols on the voting results within the single-mandate election district submitted to the Central Election Commission and the documents attached thereto shall be stored at the Central Election Commission. If corrections, errors, or inaccuracies are discovered in the protocol that do not require amendments to the established results of voting within the respective single-mandate district, the Central Election Commission shall accept the respective protocols indicating the discovered corrections, errors, or inaccuracies in the minutes of the meeting.

{Paragraph 2 was added to Part 2 Article 97 pursuant to the law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

3. Within the time determined by the Central Election Commission, the district election commission shall consider introducing changes to the established voting results in the nationwide election district within the single-mandate election district or in the single-mandate election district, by re-counting, if necessary, the votes at certain precincts of the singlemandate election district. A protocol marked “Corrected” shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Part 6 Article 95 and by Part 6 Article 96 of this Law. The aforementioned protocol and other necessary election documents shall be transported to the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Part 9 Article 95 of this Law.

4. A protocol on voting results of a district election commission marked “Corrected” shall be received by the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Part 1 of this Article.

5. In the event of non-receipt by the Central Election Commission of a protocol of a district election commission on the results of voting in the nationwide election district within a singlemandate district or a protocol of a district election commission on the results of voting in a single-mandate district within the time frame specified by this Law, the Central Election Commission shall exercise the powers of the respective district election commission as regards the establishment of the results of voting in the nationwide election district within the singlemandate district or in the single-mandate district.