Protocols of Precinct Election Commission on Vote Counting
- At its meeting, the precinct election commission shall draw up a protocol on the counting of votes at the election district from each local election in each election district in which voting took place at the election district.
The form of the protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election district shall be approved by the Central Election Commission not later than thirty days before the day of the next local elections.
It is prohibited to draw up protocols of precinct election commissions on the counting of votes at the election precinct in a manner other than that determined by the Central Election Commission in accordance with this Code.
The protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election precinct may be prepared by technical means. The procedure for drawing up and requirements to the protocols of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election precinct shall be established by the Central Election Commission.
- The protocol of a precinct election commission on the counting of votes casts for territorial electoral lists of candidates for the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an oblast, rayon, rayon in city, as well as city, village or settlement council (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) at the election precinct shall contain the following data, entered in numbers:
1) the number of ballot papers received by the precinct election commission;
2) the number of unused ballot papers stamped accordingly by the precinct election commission;
3) the number of voters included in the voter list for the election precinct (by the end of the voting);
4) the number of voters included in the excerpt from the voter list at the election precinct for voting at the place of voters’ stay;
5) the number of voters who received ballot papers in the premises for voting;
6) the number of voters who received ballot papers at the place of their stay;
7) the total number of voters who received ballot papers;
8) the number of ballot papers that are not subject to counting;
9) the number of voters who took part in the voting at the election precinct;
10) the total number of ballot papers declared invalid at the election precinct;
11) the number of votes of voters who supported territorial electoral lists of candidates for local council from each party organization;
12) the number of votes of voters who supported the territorial electoral list from each party organization;
13) the number of votes of voters who supported each candidate included in the territorial electoral list from each party organization;
14) the number of votes of voters who supported the entire territorial list from each party organization, without supporting a specific candidate from this list.
The protocol of a precinct election commission on the counting of votes cast for candidates in a multi-member election district or for candidates for the position of the village, settlement or city mayor shall contain the following data, entered in numbers:
1) the number of ballot papers received by the precinct election commission;
2) the number of unused ballot papers stamped accordingly by the precinct election commission;
3) the number of voters included in the voter list for the election precinct (by the end of the voting);
4) the number of voters included in the excerpt from the voter list at the election precinct for voting at the place of voters’ stay;
5) the number of voters who received ballot papers in the premises for voting;
6) the number of voters who received ballot papers at the place of their stay;
7) the total number of voters who received ballot papers;
8) the number of ballot papers that are not subject to counting;
9) the number of voters who took part in the voting at the election precinct;
10) the total number of ballot papers declared invalid at the election precinct;
11) the number of votes for each candidate.
- The protocol on the counting of votes from each local election for each election district, in which the voting took place at the election precinct, shall be drawn up by the precinct election commission in four copies. The copies of the protocols shall be numbered and shall have equal legal force.
- The protocols of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct shall specify the date and time (hours and minutes) of their signing by the precinct election commission members. Each copy of the protocols shall be signed by the chair, deputy chair, secretary, and other members of the precinct election commission present at the election commission’s meeting. If a member of the commission disagrees with the vote-counting results entered in a protocol, that member shall sign the protocol with a note “With dissenting opinion.” A written dissenting opinion shall be attached to the protocol of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct. Failure or refusal of individual members of the precinct election commission to sign a vote-counting protocol at the election precinct shall entail no legal consequences for the validity of the protocol. In case of the absence of a signature of a precinct election commission member in a vote-counting protocol at the election precinct, the reasons for the absence of the signature shall be indicated next to his or her last name. Such protocol shall be signed by the precinct election commission members and affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal only after it has been fully completed.
The first and second copies of the protocol on the counting of votes at the election precinct may also be signed by candidates, their agents, authorized persons of party organizations and official observers present at the meeting of the precinct election commission during the counting of votes.
- It shall be prohibited to fill out the protocols of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct by pencil or to make any changes thereto without a decision of the respective commission, as well as to sign it and certify it with the seal of the precinct election commission until it has been fully completed.
- If after the signing of the protocols of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct in the respective election district, the precinct election commission discovers inaccuracies (a writing mistake or an erroneous number), it shall consider the issue of introducing changes to the protocol by completing a new protocol; such protocol shall be marked “Corrected.” The ballot papers shall not be re-counted. A protocol marked “Corrected” shall be completed in the order and the number of copies specified in this Article.
- The first and second copies of the protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the precinct for the respective local elections in the respective district and if available – also the respective copies of the protocol marked "Corrected", and the act of issuing copies of the protocol shall be packed into packages. The package shall bear the inscription "Protocol on vote-counting," the name of the local elections, an indication and/or a number of the district the number of the election precinct, the date and time of packing, the signatures of the members of the district election commission present and the seal of the commission. The third copy of the protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes cast at the precinct in the respective local elections in the respective election district, as well as the protocol marked "Corrected" (if drawn up), shall be kept by the secretary of the precinct election commission, the fourth copy (marked "Corrected", in case it is drawn up)– shall immediately be posted for public review in the premises of the precinct election commission.
- Members of the precinct election commission, candidates, their agents, authorized persons of party organizations and official observers present during the counting of votes at the election precinct shall, at their request, be immediately provided with copies of the protocol, specified in this Paragraph, for the respective local election and the respective election district, including the ones marked "Corrected", which shall be certified by the chair and secretary of the precinct election commission and affixed with the commission’s seal, in the amount of not more than one copy of each protocol to each member of the commission, each local party organization that nominated candidates in the unified multi-member election district and each candidate. Copies of the protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election precinct may be made by technical means.
- The precinct election commission shall prepare an act, in a form approved by the Central Election Commission, recording the issuance of copies of the protocols of the precinct election commission on vote counting. The act shall contain the list of persons who received copies of the respective protocol, the date and time of the receipt of such copies, and the signatures of such persons. The act shall be signed by the chair and the secretary of the precinct election commission and affixed with the precinct election commission’s seal. The act shall be packed in the package together with the first and second copies of the protocol of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct.
- After the end of the election commission’s meeting, the packages with the protocols of the precinct election commission on vote counting at the election precinct, the ballot papers, counterfoils and items, voter lists, and also written dissenting opinions of election commission members (if any), acts, applications, complaints and decisions adopted by the election commission shall be delivered to the respective territorial election commission, in a manner specified by Article 253 of the Code.
