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Article 172
 

Preparation for Voting



  1. The precinct election commission of a regular election precinct shall notify voters included in the voter list for the election precinct of the time and place of voting by sending personal invitations in accordance with Part two of Article 42 of this Code.

  2. On the last day prior to the day of voting, each precinct election commission shall, at its meeting, assign duties to the members of the commission for the day of voting (except the chair and the secretary of the commission) relating to:


1) identification of the voter and his or her inclusion in the voter list;


2) handing the ballot paper over to the voter;


3) supervising the voters’ entry into the booths for secret voting;


4) supervising the ballot boxes;


5) organizing voting at the places of voters’ stay;


6) supervising the process of entering and exiting the premises for voting;


7) ensuring the voting for voters with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) and for other low-mobility groups.



  1. On the day of voting, the precinct election commission shall hold a preparatory meeting no sooner than 45 minutes prior to the start of voting. At the beginning of the meeting, all persons present shall examine the tape sealing the safe (metal case) where the ballot papers are stored.

  2. The chair of the precinct election commission shall make each ballot box at the election precinct, one by one, available for individual examination by members of the precinct election commission, MP candidates present, authorized persons of parties, official observers, and mass media representatives. As soon as a ballot box has been examined, it shall be sealed or, if that impossible, affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal; after that, a control sheet shall be deposited into the ballot box, with indication of the number of the territorial district, or indication that the election district is an out-of-country election district, the number of the election precinct, the time when the control sheet was deposited into the ballot box, and with the signatures of all precinct election commission members present, as well as of any MP candidates, parties’ authorized persons, and official observers wishing to sign it. The signatures shall be affixed with the election commission’s seal. As soon as the control sheet has been deposited into the ballot box, the chair of the election commission shall provide the next ballot box for examination, repeating the same procedure. After sealing or affixing the commission seal to the last ballot box, depositing a control sheet into it and placing the stationary (large) ballot boxes at the places assigned for them, the premises for voting shall be deemed to be ready for conducting the voting. Mobile (small) ballot boxes shall be placed in the premises for voting with their slots for putting in the ballot papers downwards, within plain view of the election commission members and other persons present in the premises for voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code.

  3. If, during the examination of the tape sealing the safe (metal case) with the ballot papers, damage to the tape or a discrepancy between the signatures or a seal affixed to it and the [authentic] signatures and the seal specified in Part thirteen of Article 170 of this Code is detected, the precinct election commission shall perform the actions provided for by Part fourteen of Article 170 of this Code.

  4. The chair of the precinct election commission shall open the safe (metal case) with the ballot papers and, based on the excerpt from the protocol of the district election commission on handover of the ballot papers to the precinct election commission, or on the act specified in Part twelve of Article 170 of this Code, shall announce the number of the ballot papers received by the precinct election commission. This number shall be entered by the secretary of the election commission in the respective vote counting protocol of the precinct election commission, as well as in the minutes of the meeting of the commission.

  5. The chair of the precinct election commission shall hand over the necessary number of ballot papers to the precinct election commission members who will be responsible for delivering the ballot papers to voters in the premises for voting or who will organize voting at voters’ place of stay. The handover of the ballot papers shall be registered in a special register in a form established by the Central Election Commission. The aforementioned members of the commission shall certify the receipt of the ballot papers by their signatures in the register and shall ensure their storage as well as adherence to the procedure for handing them over to the voters, as prescribed by this Code. No ballot paper shall be left in the safe.

  6. The chair of the precinct election commission shall hand the sheets of the voter list over to the precinct election commission members who will be responsible for working with the voter list on the day of voting. The respective members of the commission shall ensure that they are stored and used in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Code.


If the Central Election Commission decides to conduct an experiment or a pilot project using innovative technologies, preparation for voting within such an experiment or project shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure established by law.