Procedure for Compiling and Updating Voter Lists for Special Election Precincts

1. For special election precincts established at penitentiary institutions or pretrial detention centers, the State Voter Register maintenance bodies shall compile preliminary and updated voter lists, which shall be delivered in accordance with the procedure and within the time frame specified by this Code for delivery of voter lists in regular election precincts.


2. At special election precincts established in inpatient care establishments, on ships sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine on the day of voting, at Ukraine’s polar stations, in pretrial detention centers and in other places of temporary stay of voters with limited mobility, voter lists shall be compiled no later than seven days prior to the day of voting by the respective precinct election commissions in the form established by the Central Election Commission, on the basis of information provided by the heads of the respective establishments, institutions, Ukraine’s polar station, captains of ships where such election precincts are formed.


3. The information specified in Parts one and two of this Article shall be submitted in one copy, signed by the head of the respective establishment, institution, Ukraine’s polar station, or ship’s captain, and affixed with the respective seal. The head of the respective establishment, institution, Ukraine’s polar station, or the ship’s captain shall ensure the submission and authenticity of the aforementioned information to the precinct election commission no later than nine days prior to the day of voting.


4. The submission shall be filed in accordance with the form established by the Central Election Commission, and must contain, in relation to each voter, information on:

1) last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any);

2) date of birth (date, month, year);

3) the electoral address (without indication of the postal code of the country of residence or stay);

4)      a mark in the “Notes” column indicating that the voter is permanently incapable of moving independently (if applicable).

Voters who must leave the inpatient health care establishment prior to the day of voting, shall not be included in such information and in the voter list for the respective special election precinct.

5. Voter lists compiled at a special election precinct for conduct of voting in the local elections shall include voters who have the right to vote in the respective local election.

A precinct election commission of a special election precinct shall add a voter to the voter list, indicating in the column “Notes” of his or her right to receive a ballot paper in each respective local election.

6. After compiling the voter list for a special election precinct, the precinct election commission shall without delay deliver the information on voters included in the voter list to the State Voter Register maintenance body having jurisdiction over its location.

The content of the voter list for an election precinct established on a ship sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine or at Ukraine’s polar station shall be sent via technical means of communication to the respective district election commission, which shall immediately send them to the State Voter Register maintenance body having jurisdiction over its location.

7. Should a voter arrive at an inpatient care establishment less than ten days prior to the day of voting, but more than two days prior to the day of voting, the respective precinct election commission shall correct the voter list by putting the voter on the voter list based on the information that shall be immediately submitted by the head of the respective establishment, whose signature shall be certified by the seal of the respective establishment.


8. A voter who arrives at an the inpatient care establishment located in the population center where he or she lives may apply to the election commission of a regular election precinct in which he or she is included in the voter list, requesting to vote at the place of his or her stay pursuant to the procedure and within the time frame provided for by this Code. In this case, he or she shall not be included in the voter list for the special election precinct.


9. If a special election precinct is established in the exceptional case, the voter list shall be compiled by the precinct election commission no later than seven days prior to the day of voting, based on the information submitted by the head of the respective establishment, institution, a ship’s captain, a commander of a military unit (command). The aforementioned information shall be submitted no later than eight days prior to the day of voting in one copy signed by the head of the establishment, institution, a ship’s captain or a commander of a military unit (command) and certified by the respective seal. After compiling the voter list for such election precinct, the precinct election commission shall without delay deliver the information on the voters in the voter list to the State Voter Register maintenance body having jurisdiction over its location.


10. A voter shall be entitled to apply to the precinct election commission of the special election precinct or directly to a court as regards a correction of the voter lists.


11. An application specified in Part 10 of this Article may be submitted to the respective precinct election commission no later than two days prior to the day of voting. Such application shall be immediately considered by the election commission. Based on the results of consideration of the application, the election commission shall adopt a decision to make amendments to the voter list or a motivated decision to dismiss the application. A copy of the decision shall be issued to the voter on the day of its adoption. An application submitted to the election commission after the expiry of the aforementioned term shall not be reviewed.


12. An administrative lawsuit requesting a correction of the voter list shall be filed with a court under the procedure and within the terms prescribed by the Code of Administrative Adjudication of Ukraine.


13. When changes are made to the voter list for a special election precinct, the precinct election commission of the special election precinct shall without delay send the information on voters included in or excluded from the voter list to the respective State Voter Register maintenance body.


14. If such information is received less than five days prior to the day of voting and it is found that a voter is included more than once in the voter list at some other election precinct, the State Voter Register maintenance body shall without delay report this to the respective precinct election commission.


15. Members of a precinct election commission of a special election precinct that have the right to vote in the respective election shall be included in the voter list for that election precinct on the basis of a decision of the respective election commission on the establishment of the precinct election commission of that special election precinct.


16. On the day prior to the day of voting, after changes have been made to the updated voter lists in accordance with this Article, the voter lists shall be closed by crossing out the blank columns of the voter lists for entering voter names so as to prevent entering additional voters to the voter list, and signed by the chair or deputy chair and the secretary of the precinct election commission and affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal.


17. On the day of voting no changes to the updated voter lists shall be made.


18. On the day of voting, the chair, the deputy chair, or the secretary of the precinct election commission shall correct all inaccuracies and technical errors in the updated voter list, namely, misspelled last names, first names (all first names), patronymic names (if any), errors in the date of birth, and number of the building and apartment of residence, provided that despite such technical errors it is obvious that the person on the voter list is the same person who has come to the election precinct for voting. Such correction shall be certified in the column “Notes” by the signature of the chair or deputy chair or secretary of the precinct election commission.