Powers of a District Election Commission with Regard to preparation and Conduct of the Election of the President of Ukraine
1) exercise control of compliance with the legislation on the election of the President of Ukraine;
2) establish special election precincts in the cases specified by this Code;
3) establish the precinct election commissions;
4) direct activities of the precinct election commissions;
5) convene, if necessary, on its own initiative, a meeting of a precinct election commission;
6) provide legal, organizational, methodological, and technical support to the precinct election commissions, organize training for their members on the matters related to the election process organization;
7) provide financial and logistical support to precinct election commissions of election precincts in the respective territorial district;
8) control the provision of voter lists for public review;
9) together with the respective executive bodies, the bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies, assist with organizing meetings of candidates for the President of Ukraine with voters;
10) distribute to the precinct election commissions upon their formation ballot papers produced in accordance with the established form; information posters; posters clarifying the voting procedures and the liability for violations of the legislation on the election of the President of Ukraine that have been provided by the Central Election Commission, as well as the production and delivery of forms of other documentation in accordance with this Code;
11) tabulate voting results in the territorial election district, compile the tabulation protocols, submit the protocols to the Central Election Commission;
12) invalidate the results of voting at an election precinct in cases provided for by this Code;
13) provide for the conduct of the repeat voting in accordance with the decision of the Central
Election Commission on the appointment of the repeat voting in the elections of the President of Ukraine, as well as the conduct of the repeat elections in accordance with this Code;
14) register official observers of candidates for the President of Ukraine, parties that are electoral subjects, nongovernmental organizations in the respective territorial district;
15) provide for the delivery to the precinct election commissions upon their establishment of the seals of these commissions and “Withdrawn” stamps that have been given by the Central Election Commission;
16) consider, within the scope of their powers, addresses, applications and complaints with regard to preparation for and conduct of the election within the territorial election district, as well as addresses, applications and complaints concerning the decisions, actions or inaction of the precinct election commissions, and take decisions on these matters;
17) take into account information from precinct election commissions, local executive bodies, bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the bodies of local self-government pertaining to preparation and conduct of the election of the President of Ukraine;
18) ensure delivery of election and other documents for storage to the respective archival institution in accordance with the procedure approved by the Central Election Commission, with approval of the central executive body which implements state policy in archival matters;
a) summarize the information on applications and complaints submitted to district and precinct election commissions concerning the election process of the President of Ukraine, as well as the results of their consideration, post this information on the stand of the commission’s official materials for public review, and submit it to the Central Election Commission in the manner prescribed by it for publication on its official website.
19) exercise other powers provided for by this Code and other Laws of Ukraine.
The powers of the district election commission specified in clauses 6, 7, 10, 15, 18 of this Part may be exercised by the territorial representations of the Central Election Commission in case of their formation.
