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Article 30
 

Procedure of Compilation of the Voters’ Lists

 

            1. To prepare and conduct voting the executive bodies of the village, settlement, city (in the cities where there are no city district councils), and city district councils or the bodies (public officials), which/who exercise their authorities according to the law, by September 1 of the year preceding the year of holding the regular elections shall compile the general lists of voters who reside on the territory of the respective village, settlement, city or city district, based on the information about the place of their permanent residence and according to the form established by the Central Election Commission. For the purposes of compilation of the general lists of voters they may use the information about the place of permanent residence of the citizens, which is available with the local bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the State Tax Administration of Ukraine. The managers of those bodies shall be obliged to supply the information required for the compilation of the general lists of voters following the request of the chairman of the respective village, settlement, city or city district council.

 

            2. Upon the formation of the polling stations, the executive bodies of the village, settlement, city (in the cities where there are no city district councils), and city district councils or the bodies (public officials), which/who exercise their authorities according to the law, on the basis of the respective general lists of voters described in Paragraph 1 of this Article, shall compile the voters’ lists each polling station (except for the polling stations specified in Paragraphs 3 through 5 of Article 17 hereof) according to the form established by the Central Election Commission, further specify those lists and no later than 30 days before the date of elections submit them to the polling station election commissions as signed by the chairman of the respective village, settlement, city or city district council or by the person who exercises his/her authority according to the law.

 

            3. Servicemen, members of their families and other voters who reside within the territory of location of military units (formations) and who will vote at the polling stations located beyond the limits of the military units (formations) shall be entered in the voters’ lists of the respective polling station, based on the information supplied by the commanders of the military units (formations) to the bodies which compile the lists of voters, no later than 45 days before the date of elections. To provide the term active duty servicemen with a possibility to express their own free will, they shall be granted a leave on the day of elections for not less than four hours.

 

            4. At the polling stations formed in the in-patient medical institutions, on board the vessels which on the day of elections are at sea under the State Flag of Ukraine, at the polar stations of Ukraine, at the diplomatic missions and other official representations and consular offices of Ukraine abroad, in military units (formations) stationed beyond the borders of Ukraine, in the penal and correctional institutions and other places of temporary stay of the voters with the limited possibility to move, the lists of voters shall be compiled according to the form specified in Paragraph 2 of this Article by the respective polling station election commissions on the basis of the information submitted by the managers of the above-mentioned institutions, establishments, missions, captains of the vessels and commanders of the military units (formations) not later than 30 days before the date of elections.

 

            5. The lists of voters at the polling stations formed at the diplomatic missions and other official representations and consular offices of Ukraine abroad shall include the personnel of those missions and representative offices and members of their families, as well as other citizens of Ukraine who reside or stay on the territory of the respective foreign country, based on their written application with the indication of the place of their permanent residence or upon presentation of their absentee ballots specified in Paragraph 4 of Article 31 hereof, as well as the presentation of the foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine, sailor’s identification card or a crew member certificate.

 

            6. In the exceptional case of formation of a polling station, as described in Paragraph 7 of Article 17 hereof, the lists of voters shall be compiled by the polling station election commission not later than four days before the date of elections based on the information submitted by the managers of the institutions, establishments, missions, captains of the vessels and commanders of the military units (formations) specified in Paragraph 4 of this Article.

 

            7. The lists of voters shall include the citizens of Ukraine who are 18 years of age or older or who will arrive at the age of 18 on the day of elections and have the right to vote, and who as of the day of compilation of the voters’ lists permanently reside (for the polling stations formed according to Paragraph 2 of Article 17 hereof) or on the day of elections will stay on the territory of the respective polling station (for the polling stations formed according to Paragraphs 3 through 5 of Article 17 hereof).

 

            8. The lists of voters shall indicate the first, middle and last name, the year of birth (for the persons who recently turned 18 years or who arrive at the age of 18 on the day of elections – also the day and month of their birth), the address of the place of residence of the voter. In case of absence of the information about the month and day of birth of a citizen, he/she shall be considered to be born on January 1 of the corresponding year. The voters shall be entered in the list following the procedure convenient for conducting the voting.