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Article 31
 

Procedure of Introducing Changes in the Voters’ List and Familiarization of Voters with It

 

1. A polling station election commission shall further specify the list of voters and supplement it on the basis of personal requests of citizens, presentations of the bodies and public officials specified in Paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Article 30 hereof, upon which this list shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the commission, sealed with the commission’s seal and, no later than 15 days or, in exceptional cases of forming a polling station, as envisaged under Paragraph 7 Article 17 hereof, no later than three days prior to the election day, submitted for general familiarization. Each voter shall be provided with an opportunity to familiarize himself/herself with the voters’ list on the premises of the polling station election commission and check the validity of the data entered in the list.

 

2. At the request of the members of the election commission, the candidate for deputy or the authorized person of the party (bloc of parties), the polling station election commission shall have the right to approach the respective bodies of state authority and local self-government bodies with a request to familiarize themselves with any documents that contain the information about the place of permanent residence of citizens, on the grounds of which the voters’ lists were compiled.

 

3. A voter may be entered in the list of voters only at one polling station.

 

4. A voter who leaves the populated locality, where he/she is entered in the voters’ list, less than 25 days before the date of elections inclusive may address the polling station election commission with a request to strike him/her off the list of voters. Based on this request and the document described in Paragraph 2 of Article 2 hereof, the polling station election commission shall issue this voter an absentee ballot according to the form to be approved by the Central Election Commission. In this case, an entry shall be made in the list of voters, indicating the date of issuance of the absentee ballot and its number, the list shall be signed by the voter who received the absentee ballot and the member of the election commission who issued this ballot. If a voter loses his/her absentee ballot, the latter shall not be issued again.

 

5. The absentee ballots shall have the unified numeration on the entire territory of Ukraine and shall be considered documents of strict accountability.

 

6. The procedure of making the absentee ballots, their delivery to the constituency and polling station election commissions, withdrawal and cancellation of the unused absentee ballots shall be established by the Central Election Commission. Forms of the absentee ballots shall be delivered to the polling station election commissions no later than 25 days before the date of elections and in the exceptional case of formation of the polling station, according to Paragraph 7 of Article 17 hereof, on the day of the first session of the commission.

 

7. A voter who arrived at the populated locality different from the place of his/her permanent residence before or on the day of elections and, according to Paragraph 4 of this Article, was struck off the voters’ list there, shall be entered by the chairman, deputy chairman or secretary of the polling station election commission in the list of voters on the grounds of this voter’s request, the document described in Paragraph 2 of Article 2 hereof and the absentee ballot which shall be attached to the list of voters.

 

8. In case the persons specified in Paragraphs 4 through 6 of Article 30 hereof are entered in the list of voters on the basis of the information provided by the managers of the respective institutions, establishments, missions, captains of the vessels and commanders of the military units (formations), a polling station election commission shall notify, within two days, the constituency election commission of the single-mandate constituency, to which this polling station refers, about entering those persons in the list of voters and about the place of their permanent residence.

 

9. The constituency election commission which received the notification mentioned in Paragraph 8 of this Article shall ensure immediate communication of this information to the polling station election commission at the place of permanent residence of the given voter who was entered in the voter’s list at a different place in accordance with Paragraphs 4 through 6 of Article 30 hereof. The polling station election commission, on the basis of this notification, shall pass a decision on striking this voter off the voters’ list at this polling station. In this case, the entry “absent” shall be made instead of the voter’s signature in the list of voters; also indicated there shall be the numbers of the single-mandate constituency and the polling station where, according to the notification, this voter was entered in the voters’ list, as well as the date of taking the decision on striking the voter off the list of voters at the polling station, and the member of the polling station election commission who entered these data in the voters’ list shall put his/her signature there.

 

10. A citizen shall have the right to lodge an appeal with the constituency election commission or directly with the local court, the jurisdiction of which spreads over the territory of the polling station, against the irregularities and errors made when compiling the list of voters, including the failure to enter, incorrect entry or striking of him/her or other persons off the list of voters. A complaint lodged with the polling station election commission not later than one day before the date of elections shall be considered within the period of three days, but no later than on the day preceding the day of elections, while a complaint filed on the eve of the day of elections shall be considered without delay. The polling station election commission shall be obliged to introduce the required changes to the list of voters or to give to the complainant a copy of the motivated decision on dismissal of his/her complaint. A complaint lodged with the court prior to the day of elections shall be considered within the period of five days, but not later than on the day preceding the day of elections, while a complaint filed on the day of elections shall be considered without delay, but no later than the time of completion of voting.

 

11. It is prohibited to introduce any changes or alterations to the list of voters after completion of the voting.