Ballot Papers

1. The form, color and text of the ballot paper for voting on the day of voting in the election of the President of Ukraine, as well as the form and color of the ballot paper for repeat voting shall be approved by the Central Election Commission no later than twenty-two days prior to the day of voting. The text of the ballot paper for repeat voting shall be approved by the Central Election Commission no later than ten days prior to the day of repeat voting. The security features of a ballot paper shall be established by the Central Election Commission.

After the Central Election Commission approves the text of the ballot paper, amendments to the information on candidates for the post of President of Ukraine shall be prohibited.

2. The ballot paper shall be a document of strict accountability.


3. A ballot paper must contain the name of the election and the date of voting in the election (or the date of repeat voting, with regard to a ballot paper for repeat voting), the number of a territorial election district or indication that this election district is an out-of-country election district, as well as the place designated for the precinct election commission’s seal.


4. The ballot paper for voting on the election day shall contain the information on candidates for the post of President of Ukraine specified in the respective resolution of the Central Election Commission on the candidates’ registration. An empty box shall be placed on the left, opposite the information about each candidate for the post of President of Ukraine.

The order of listing the candidates in the ballot paper is determined by drawing lots, which is conducted by the Central Election Commission pursuant to procedure established by it before the decision on approval of the text of the ballot paper is made.

5. A ballot paper shall contain an explanation of the procedure for filling out the ballot paper by a voter during the voting.


6. A ballot paper shall have a counterfoil, separated by a tear-off line. The counterfoil shall contain the name and the date of the election (the date of repeat voting), the number of the territorial election district or indication that this election district is an out-of-country election district, and the number of the election precinct, as well as places designated for the number under which a voter was entered in the voter list for the election precinct, the signature of the voter receiving the ballot paper, and the last name, initials, and signature for the precinct election commission member issuing the ballot paper.


7. The ballot papers shall be printed for each election precinct in an amount exceeding by 0.5 percent the number of voters included in the voter lists for the election precincts, with possible deviation from the aforementioned number resulting from the multiplicity of ballot papers being printed on a typing sheet. If it is established that the number of voters in a certain election precinct at the time of completion of the production of ballots is greater than the number of ballots produced, the Central Election Commission may, if possible, decide to order the production of additional ballots for such election precinct.

The ballot papers shall be printed for each election precinct of the out-of-country election district in an amount that shall be determined by the Central Election Commission based on the amount of voters included in the voter lists for the respective out-of-country election precinct, the amount of voters that received ballot papers at that particular election precinct in the last nationwide election and the average quantity of voters that received ballot papers in election precincts the out-of-country election district in the last nationwide election.

8. Control over the production of ballot papers by the printing enterprises and over the observance of the requirements regarding destruction of the printing forms, technical wastes, and defective printed matter, as well as the invalidation of the unused ballots in accordance with Part 11 of Article 115 of this Code shall be exercised by a supervisory commission created by the Central Election Commission based on submissions from candidates for the President of Ukraine, but no later than on the day of approval of the ballot paper form.


9. If the Central Election Commission decides to conduct an experiment or pilot project using innovative technologies in accordance with Part one of Article 18 of this Code, the Central Election Commission shall organize the manufacture of experimental ballot papers for such experiment or pilot project simultaneously with the actions provided for in Articles 114 and 115 of this Code. An experimental ballot paper developed in accordance with the first paragraph of this Part shall:

1) differ in form and color from the ballot paper, the form of which is approved by the Central Election Commission in accordance with Part one of this Article;

2) at the top contain in capital letters an inscription: "EXPERIMENT" or "PILOT PROJECT";

3) under the information specified in paragraph 2 of this Part, contain the following text: “Completion of this ballot paper by a voter does not certify his or her expression of will, does not create legal consequences, cannot be used to establish the results of the election, as well be used to appeal against decisions, actions or inactions of participants in the election process.”