Formation of Polling Stations
1. In order to conduct the voting and to count votes, the territory of the election constituencies shall be divided into polling stations.
2. Polling stations shall be formed, with an exception of instances envisaged under Paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 of this Article, by the constituency election commissions on the basis of applications submitted by executive committees of village, township and city councils (in cities which do not have rayon councils), district councils within cities, or, in the event of absence of such bodies of power, on applications of heads of village, township and city councils respectively, heads of city district councils or officials charged with authority to perform said functions in compliance with applicable legislation. A constituency election commission shall have full discretion to define the boundaries of a polling station, to designate location of the polling station election commission, and to establish a unified numbering system for the polling stations within a single-mandate constituency.
3. Constituency election commissions shall form polling stations at in-patient medical facilities, vessels sailing under Ukrainian flag on the day of elections, Ukrainian polar stations and in other locations of temporary residence of voters, where movement is restricted, directly at the location of respective organizations or establishments or at ports/points of registration of vessels and polar stations.
Military servicemen shall vote at polling stations located outside military units (formations). The Central Election Commission may form polling stations on the territory of a military unit (formation) in exceptional cases, on application of a respective constituency election commission.
Polling stations at diplomatic and other representative offices and consular missions of Ukraine abroad, military units (formations) stationed outside Ukraine shall be formed, on application of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, by the Central Election Commission which shall designate the single-mandate constituency to which said polling station is assigned.
The number of voters in a polling station shall be between 20 and 3000. If the number of voters in a given territory is greater or fewer than a stipulated number and assigning the voters (or the remainder of voters) to another polling station or forming an additional polling station on the same territory is impossible, the polling station may be formed with a fewer or greater number of voters.
7. Polling stations shall be formed no later than 50 days prior to election day. In exceptional cases, a polling station may be formed by the Central Election Commission no later than five days prior to election day, on application of a respective constituency election commission or of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
8. The decision of the election commission to form polling stations, indicating their number, boundaries and location of respective election commissions, shall be publicized in mass media or by other means no later than on the fifth day from the day the decision was passed, and, in the event of forming a polling station as an exception, in accordance with Paragraph 7 hereof, no later than two days prior to election day.
