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Article 20
 

The Procedure for Forming a Constituency Election Commission

 

        1. A constituency election commission shall be formed by the Central Election Commission no later than eighty days prior to the election day. It shall consist of head of commission, deputy head of commission, secretary and other members, their number not less than twelve and not more than twenty  to be nominated (not exceeding one per each person) by central committees of parties (blocs), provided that parties (parties constituting a bloc) are registered in accordance with applicable procedure and have (at least one of the parties constituting a bloc has) organizations registered in accordance with established procedure in the region defined under Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine, on the territory of which a respective single-mandate constituency is formed. Said nominations, with letters of consent from persons nominated to serve on a respective constituency election commission attached thereto, shall be submitted no later than 85 days prior to the election day.

 

2. Constituency election commissions shall include representatives of parties (blocs) which received at least four percent of votes during the previous elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine, and of parties which, within the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, have their own party factions (bloc factions), provided said parties meet the requirements established under Paragraph 1 hereof. Representatives of other parties (blocs) shall be included into constituency election commissions on the basis of lots drawn by the Central Election Commission no later than on the third day after the deadline for submitting nominations indicated in Paragraph 1 hereof.

 

3.  In the event of changes occurring between the elections in the composition of the electoral bloc of political parties which received four or more percent of votes cast by voters participating in the previous elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine, the successor of the electoral bloc, whose representatives shall be included into constituency election commission in accordance with Paragraph 2 hereof, shall be chosen in compliance with provisions stipulated under Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 48 of this Law.

 

4. In the event of failure to submit proposals as to the composition of a constituency election commission within terms stipulated under Paragraph 1 of this Article, or if the number of persons nominated to serve on the commission is under eight, a constituency election commission shall be formed by the Central Election Commission on application of head of the Central Election Commission and shall consist of eight members, with a mandatory provision made for candidates nominated by parties (blocs), as envisaged under paragraph 1 of this Article.

 

5. Citizens of Ukraine who have the right to vote and who reside within the boundaries of a respective single-mandate constituency or in the city on whose territory the constituency is located shall have the right to serve on constituency election commissions as members.

 

6. Candidates running in the elections, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) which are subjects of the electoral process, persons acting on behalf of candidates running in the elections, officials and civil servants employed by bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government, and citizens who are serving a term in correction facilities or have been convicted for the intentional commission of an offence unless the conviction has been overturned or struck from record may not serve on constituency election commissions.

 

7. Head, deputy head and secretary of a constituency election commission may not be members of the same party (bloc).

 

8. The decision as to the formation of constituency election commissions and appointment of members to serve on the commissions, as indicated in Paragraph 3 of this Article, shall be made public in mass media in a respective area no later than on the fifth day of passing said decision.