Procedure for Compiling and Verification of Voter Lists for Out-of-Country Election Precincts
The State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall compile the preliminary voter lists for each out-of-country election precinct in accordance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On the State Voter Register”. The form of the preliminary voter list shall be approved by the Central Election Commission.
The preliminary voter lists for an out-of-country election 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 the right to vote in an election, and whose electoral addresses are located outside Ukraine.
The information about voters in the voter lists for an out-of-country election precinct shall be indicated in the format convenient for the conduct of voting.
A preliminary voter list for an out-of-country election precinct shall be transferred to the respective precinct election commission in electronic form no later than eleven days prior to the day of voting.
On the day following the day of the receipt of the preliminary voter list, the precinct election commission of an out-of-country election precinct shall make it available for public review in paper form at the premises of the precinct election commission.
No later than five days prior to the day of voting (according to Kyiv time), 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 out-of-country election precinct, to which the required documents (copies of documents) shall be attached. Such application shall be considered by the election commission within one day of the receipt thereof. An application submitted after the expiry of the aforementioned term shall not be reviewed.
A voter’s application under Part five of this Article shall immediately be sent through the respective foreign diplomatic institution of Ukraine to the State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The foreign diplomatic 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.
The State Voter Register maintenance body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall produce the updated voter lists, based on information submitted in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “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 updated voter lists shall be transferred to the respective precinct election commission of the out-of-country election precinct in both paper and electronic form.
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 for an out-of-country election precinct 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 a precinct election commission and affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal.
On the day of voting no changes to the updated voter lists for an out-of-country election precinct shall be made.
On the day of voting, the chair, deputy chair or secretary of the precinct election commission of an out-of-country election precinct 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.
