Powers of Territorial Election Commissions Related to Preparation for and Conduct of Local Elections
1) ensure the preparation for and conduct of the respective local elections;
2) form territorial and multi-member election districts in accordance with this Code, and establish their boundaries and uniform numbering, and determines the number of seats to be distributed in multi-member districts;
3) provide legal, organizational, methodological and technical support to the election commissions, as regards their activity relating to the election of the respective council or mayor; organize training for their members on the matters related to the election process organization;
4) registers candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor, their agents, representatives, authorized persons of party organizations that are subjects of the respective election process and issues them certificates;
5) consider issues as regards cancellation of a decision on registration of candidates in the cases stipulated for by this Code;
6) inform the population about registered candidates for local councils in the respective districts and candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor;
7) approve the text of ballot papers in the respective local elections, provide for the production of ballot papers and delivery thereof to the respective territorial and/or precinct election commissions;
8) decide on matters pertaining to the use of funds for the conduct of the respective local elections and secures their intended use;
9) facilitate the organization of meetings of candidates for local councils and candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor with voters;
10) ensure the production of forms of protocols and other election documentation, and a territorial election commission, which forms precinct election commissions – also seals and stamps, and deliver them to the respective precinct election commissions, unless the Central Election Commission establishes another procedure for their production;
11) listen to the information from the respective territorial or precinct election commissions, local executive bodies and local self-government bodies as regards issues related to preparation and conduct of the respective local elections;
12) exercise control with the provision of voter lists by precinct election commissions for public review and update;
13) register official observers from candidates, local organizations of parties that are subjects of the election process of the respective local elections, and from nongovernmental organizations;
14) exercise control over the use of resources of electoral funds of the electoral subjects during the respective local elections;
15) exercise control of compliance with the procedure of election campaigning specified by this Code;
16) recognize voting at an election precinct invalid based on the results of the recounting of votes at the election precinct in the cases and in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Code;
17) establish the results of the local council members and village, settlement or city mayors in a manner specified by the Code; exercise the official promulgation of the results of the respective local elections;
18) register elected council members and elected village, settlement or city mayors;
19) organize the conduct of repeat voting and repeat local elections in the cases provided for by this Code;
20) consider addresses, applications and complaints concerning preparation for and conduct of the respective local elections and take decisions on them;
21) ensure the delivery of election and other documents for storage to the respective state archival institution in accordance with the procedure approved by the Central Election Commission;
22) exercise control within the respective administrative-territorial unit over the compliance with and uniform application of the legislation on local elections in the part concerning the respective local elections; convene if necessary on its own initiative a meeting of a precinct election commission
23) exercise other powers provided for by this Code and other laws of Ukraine.
1) A village, settlement or city election commission draws up a protocol on the results of the voting in the respective elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the oblast council in the territorial election districts or in a part of a territorial election district formed within the respective village, settlement or city (or within the respective territorial community) and transfers it to the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the respective oblast election commission;
2) A rayon in city election commission draws up and submits to the city election commission:
a) the protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the city council in the territorial election district or its part (in a city territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in multi-member election districts (in a city territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);
b) the protocol on results of voting in the election of the mayor;
3) the village, settlement or city election commission draws up and submits to the rayon election commission a protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the respective rayon council in the territorial election district, part of the territorial election district formed within the village, settlement or city (or respective territorial community), and transmits the established results to the respective rayon election commission.
