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Article 22
 

Authority of the Central Election Commission

 



The authority of the Central Election Commission regarding elections of deputies shall be defined under this Law, the Law of Ukraine on the Central Election Commission and other laws of Ukraine.



In addition to the functions defined under the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election Commission, the Central Election Commission shall:



1) adopt decision which is legally binding for election commission on the enforcement of this Law, provide methodological and logistical support for the activity of election commissions;

2) if needed, call meetings of lower-level election commission upon its own initiative;

3) exercise control over the election commission’s use of funds from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the elections and commission representatives of agencies within the system of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine to conduct audits;

4) prescribe standards and lists of equipment and supplies to be used on premises occupied by election commission and on premises used for voting, and specify types of services and works which may be provided for election commission;

5) suspend the movement of funds on accounts of constituency election commissions at banking establishments upon termination of the authority of the commission or in the event of failure of the latter to comply with budget regulations; adopt a decision to transfer the remainder of funds to the account of the Central Election Commission;

6) establish the procedure for using mass media in the pre-election campaign in accordance with this Law and other laws of Ukraine;

7) make provisions for the development of information posters for parties (blocs) whose candidates are registered in a multi-mandate constituency;

8) exercise control over receipt and use of resources from the electoral funds of parties (blocs); solicit assistance of the banking establishment which holds respective electoral accounts in conducting random audits;

9) make provisions for a centralized printing of absentee ballot forms to enable holders thereof to participate in the elections (hereinafter referred to as absentee ballots);

10) make provisions for a centralized printing of a required number of ballots and forward them to the constituency election commissions;

11) invalidate elections in instances stipulated under this Law;

12) call repeat and midterm elections in instances stipulated under this Law;

13) forward a report on the use of funds from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for elections to the Clearing House within three months from the day of an official publication of the election results;

14) perform other functions in compliance with this Law and other laws of Ukraine.