Procedure for Transportation and Delivery of Election Documents to a Territorial Election Commission

1. Transportation of the documents specified in Part ten of Article 251 of this Code shall be transported by the chair or deputy chair of the precinct election commission and two other members of this election commission representing different subjects of nomination to the respective precinct election commission. During the transportation of election documents, members of the precinct election commission are accompanied by police officers and, if necessary, at the request of the territorial election commission, by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, who must provide security during transportation. Other members of the precinct election commission not engaged in the transportation of election documents, candidates, their agents, authorized persons of local party organizations and official observers may also accompany the transportation of such documents at their request. Other persons shall be prohibited from accompanying the transportation of the election documents. Unpacking the packages with the ballot papers and the other election documents during transportation shall be prohibited.

If simultaneously with the local elections other elections are held such as presidential, parliamentary elections or a national referendum, the election documents related to such local election shall be transported to the respective territorial election commission by members of the precinct election commission who will not participate in transporting the election documents related to the presidential, parliamentary elections or national referendum.

If the election precinct held voting simultaneously for several types of local elections, for which the precinct election commission need to transport election documents provided for in this article to different territorial election commissions, the precinct election commission shall decide on the appointment of at least three members of the commission, who shall represent different subjects of nomination to the respective precinct election commission as responsible for transportation and transfer of election documentation to each territorial election commission to which transportation will be carried out.

Transportation of election documentation to the respective territorial election commissions is carried out immediately after the completion of the protocols on the counting of votes from all local elections in all election districts in which voting was organized by the precinct election commission.

2. A precinct election commission of an election precinct established in the territory of a village, settlement or city shall deliver to the village, settlement or city election commission the following:

1) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district, respectively;

2) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of a rayon council in the territorial election district;

3) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of the village, settlement or city council in the territorial district (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in the multi-member district (a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters), respectively;

4) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the village, settlement and city mayor, respectively.

3. A precinct election commission of an election precinct established in the territory of a city with rayon division in which city rayon councils were not established shall deliver the protocols as follows:

1) to the city election commission:

a) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district, respectively;

b) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of a rayon council in the multi-member election district.

2) to a city rayon election commission:

a) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members to the city council in a territorial election district (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in a multi-member election district (of a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);

b) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the city mayor.

4. The precinct election commission of an election precinct established in the territory of a city rayon in which city rayon councils were established shall deliver the protocols as follows:

1) to the city election commission:

a) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district, respectively;

b) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members of a rayon council in the multi-member election district.

2) to the rayon in city election commission:

a) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members to the city council in the territorial election district (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in the multi-member election district (of a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);

b) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the city mayor;

c) the protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the elections of members of rayon in city council in the multi-member election district

5. The protocol on vote counting at the election precinct and other documents of the precinct election commission shall be handed over to the respective territorial election commission at its meeting by the members of the precinct election commission who transported the election documentation in accordance with part one of this article.


6. During the transportation of election documents, the seal of the precinct election commission and blank forms of protocols of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election precinct shall be kept in a safe (metal cabinet) on the premises of the precinct election commission.

If the respective territorial election commission decides to correct the identified shortcomings by completing a protocol on the counting of votes at the election precinct marked "Corrected," the precinct election commission shall consider amending the respective protocol at its meeting and completing a protocol marked “Corrected” after the return of the members of the commission who carried out the transportation of election documents, within the period determined by the territorial election commission. The protocol marked "Corrected" shall be transported to the territorial election commission immediately after its completion in accordance with the procedure specified in this article.