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Article 12
 

Transparency and Openness of the Electoral Process



Elections of deputies shall be prepared and conducted on the basis of transparency and openness.





Election commissions shall advise citizens on the composition, location and hours of operation of said commissions, formation of single-mandate constituencies and polling stations, basic rights of voters, including the right to contest illegitimate decisions, acts or failure to act on the part of election commissions, bodies of state power and of local self-administration or officials imposing restrictions on the suffrage rights of voters, and shall provide voters with access to lists of voters, electoral lists of parties (blocs), pre-election programs of parties (blocs), information about candidates registered in single-mandate constituencies and their pre-election programs, advise voters on the procedure of filling out signature lists and ballots, inform the public of the results of voting and elections of deputies and provide other information in instances stipulated under this Law.





Decisions of bodies of state power and of local self-administration concerning elections of deputies and decisions of election commissions shall be made public through mass media or by other means.





Mass media shall bear the responsibility for providing an impartial coverage of the pre-election campaign and elections. Mass media representatives shall be provided with unlimited access to all public events connected with elections, and, on conditions stipulated in Paragraph 9 of Article 25 of this Law, to the meetings of election commissions and to the polling stations on the day of elections, except for instances envisaged under Ukrainian law. Election commissions, bodies of state power and of local self-administration, officials and civil servants employed in said bodies shall bear the responsibility for providing mass media with information regarding preparation and organization of elections, within their terms of reference.