Object and Subject of a Complaint Filed with an Election Commission. Subject of the Consideration of a Complaint

1. A complainant, addressing an election commission with a complaint related to the election process may be:

1) a candidate registered to participate in the respective election. A candidate’s agent, a candidate’s representative to the Central Election Commission or a territorial election commission may be also a complainant filing a complaint on behalf of a candidate;

2) a party (party organization) that is an electoral subject in the respective election process represented by its chair, or an authorized representative, or an authorized person of a party (party organization), or other person authorized by a decision of a party’s central governing body (party organization’s central governing body);

3) an official observer from a candidate or party (party organization) that are electoral subjects in the respective election process, or from a nongovernmental organization;

4) a voter whose electoral rights or legally protected interests in relation to participation in the election process were violated through a decision, action, or inaction of a respondent.

2. A voter can file a complaint with the respective election commission as regards a decision, action, or inaction of the respondents if such decisions, actions or inaction have violated his or her personal electoral rights guaranteed by the Law or interests regarding participation in the election process, including participation in the work of an election commission or acting as an observer, or presence at election commission meetings in the cases specified by this Code, during the conduct of the voting in accordance with this Code, or failure to provide conditions for access of voters with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) to the election process as provided for by this Code.

A candidate registered to participate in the respective election, or an authorized person on his or her behalf can file a complaint with the respective election commission as regards a decision, action, or inaction of the respondents, if such decisions, action, or inaction concern the respective region, district, where the respective candidate is registered to participate in the election.

3. The following complaints may be filed with the Central Election Commission:

1) concerning the inaction of a district election commission;

2) inaction of the territorial election commission, which establishes the results of the respective local election.

4. The following complaints may be filed with the territorial election commission which establishes the results of the respective local election:

1) decisions, actions or inaction of the territorial election commission, which establishes the results of voting in the respective local election;

2) decisions, actions or inaction of the precinct election commission, which ensures the organization and conduct of the respective local election (if the results of voting in the respective local election are not established);

A complaint may be filed with the territorial election commission, which establishes the results of voting in the respective local elections, against the decisions, actions or inaction of the precinct election commission, which ensures the organization and conduct of the respective local elections.

A complaint may be filed with the territorial election commission that formed the precinct election commission against the action or inaction of a member of the respective precinct election commission.

5.A complaint may be filed with the district election commission against decision, action, or inaction of precinct election commission, which belongs to the respective territorial election district, or against action or inaction of a member of such a precinct election commission.