Status of a Member of the Election Commission
1. The status of a member of the Central Election Commission shall be established by the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election Commission”.
2. The status of a member of a constituency election commission and a polling station election commission shall be established by this Law.
3. At one time a citizen may be a member of only one election commission that is involved in the preparation and holding of elections of the people’s deputies of Ukraine, elections of the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, deputies of local councils (councils) and chairmen of the village, settlement and city councils.
4. Based on the decision of the election commission, which shall be approved by a higher election commission, the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary or other members of a constituency election commission (all in all, not more than five persons) and those of a polling station election commission (all in all, not more than two persons), for the whole period of authority of the election commission or during a part of this period, may exercise their authority in the election commission with the remuneration of their labour in the commission according to Article 28 of this Law. The above persons shall be dispensed from their production or official duties at their principal place of employment.
5. A member of the election commission shall have the right to:
1) take part in the preparation of the issues submitted for consideration by the election commission;
2) speak at the sessions of the election commission, ask questions of other participants in the session regarding the agenda, make proposals on the issues related to the commission authority;
3) examine, on the instructions of the respective election commission, the activities of lower election commissions;
4) familiarize oneself with the documents of the election commission, a member of which he/she is, and also with those of the lower election commissions within the limits of the respective territory;
5) compensation for the harm done or damage inflicted to his/her life, health or property in connection with fulfilment of his/her duties as a member of the election commission, in accordance with the procedure and the amount established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
6. A member of the election commission shall have the following obligations:
1) to observe the Constitution of Ukraine, this and other laws of Ukraine related to the preparation and holding of elections;
2) take part in sessions of the election commission;
3) to abide by the decisions passed by the election commission and fulfil the functions he/she was entrusted with as a result of the division of duties in the election commission.
7. A member of the election commission shall have other rights and obligations in accordance with this Law and other laws of Ukraine.
8. It is prohibited for a member of the election commission, while fulfilling his/her duties, to campaign for/against the parties (blocks of parties) – subjects of the electoral process, and candidates for deputy.
