Information Brochures of Party Organizations that are Electoral Subjects

1. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, or the oblast, rayon, city, rayon in city, village or settlement election commission shall at the expense of budget funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of the respective election ensure the production of information brochures of each party organization that is subject of the election process to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the respective oblast, rayon, rayon in city council, as well as city, village or settlement council (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters).


2. An information brochure of a party organization that is an electoral subject must present the election program of the party organization (of a volume of no more than 4,000 printed characters) submitted thereby during the registration of candidates, as well as the unified and all territorial electoral lists of the party organization, as well as the photographs of all candidates included in the territorial electoral lists.

 A unified electoral list, which is presented in the party organization’s information brochure, shall contain the information on each candidate’s ordinal number in the unified electoral list, his or her last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), as well as the number of the territorial election district, in the territorial electoral list of which he or she has been included, as well as the ordinal number of the candidate in that list. Territorial electoral lists of candidates, which are presented in the information brochures of a party that is an electoral subject, shall contain the information on each candidate included in the respective territorial electoral list, including the candidate’s ordinal number in the territorial electoral list, his or her last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), the day, month and year of birth, information on educational background, job position (occupation), place of employment, party membership and place of residence, as well as photographs of all candidates included in the respective regional electoral list.

3. The form, size, and printing design of the information brochures of party organizations that are electoral subjects, as well as the procedure for their manufacturing and delivery to the precinct election commissions, shall be established by the Central Election Commission. Information brochures shall be produced in accessible formats that provide the opportunity for voters with health disorders (due to disability, temporary health disorders, age) to familiarize themselves with the information with the use of universal design, taking into account requirements established by the Central Election Commission.


4. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an oblast, rayon, city, rayon in city, village or settlement election commission shall agree the text of the information brochure of a party organization with a representative of the party in the election commission.


5. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, or the oblast, rayon, city, rayon in city, village or settlement election commission shall provide for the production of information brochures for each territorial election commission, in the amount of five copies of each poster for each election precinct, as well as for each territorial election commission.


6. Information brochures of party organizations that are electoral subjects shall be delivered to the respective precinct election commissions together with the ballot papers.


7. Information brochures of the party organizations that are electoral subjects shall be used for voter information in the premises for voting, including on the day of voting, as well as for the voting at the place of voters’ stay.


8. The responsibility for the storage of information posters of the party organizations that are electoral subjects shall be entrusted to the precinct election commissions.


9. Information brochures for elections of members of the village, settlement and city councils (of territorial communities with less than 10,000 voters) and village, settlement or city mayors shall not be produced.