Official Observers from Parties (Blocs) and Candidates for Deputy
1. Any citizen of Ukraine having the right to vote may be named an official observer from a party (bloc) whose candidates for deputy were registered in the multi-mandate electoral constituency, or by a candidate for deputy registered in a single-mandate electoral constituency.
2. Any official observer from any above said party (bloc) or named by a candidate for deputy shall be registered by the respective constituency electoral commission with respect to applications furnished by the executive body/ bodies of the party (or parties in the bloc) in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, Cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, or by the said candidate for deputy.
3. Applications as to registration of official observers shall carry indications of their family names, given names, patronymics, citizenships, residential addresses, and telephone numbers. Any such application shall be supplemented with the written consents of the official observers to act in such capacities on behalf of the respective parties (blocs) or candidates for deputy.
4. An application as to registration of an official observer shall be signed by the head/ heads of the executive body/ bodies of the party/ parties in the bloc in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, Cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, or by the candidate for deputy registered in a single-mandate electoral constituency, and shall be submitted to the respective constituency electoral commission not later than five days prior to the election day.
5. The respective constituency electoral commission shall issue the official observers with credentials in accordance with the form established by the Central Electoral Commission.
6. Any official observer shall have the rights as follows:
to be present at polling stations during the voting, to observe, at any distance although causing no physical hindrance, the proceedings of the commission members, including such in the course of the handing-out of ballots and of vote count;
to photograph, to film, and to make audio- and video-recordings;
to be present when members of the electoral commission are given ballots to organize voting of electors outside the voting premises or when the said voting takes place;
to attend, in compliance with the requirements of this Law, the sessions of the polling station and constituency electoral commissions, with respect to provisions set forth in Article 25, p. 9 of this Law, inclusive of the vote count procedure and of the establishment of the election outcomes in a single-mandate electoral constituency;
to apply to the respective electoral commission as to elimination of violations of this Law, should such violations be revealed;
to write a statement as to any revealed violation of this Law, such statement to be signed by the official observer and by at least two other persons in witness of the revealed fact of violation, with indications of their family names, given names, patronymics, residential addresses, and to further submit such statement to the respective electoral commission within terms stipulated in Article 29 of this Law, and
to have other rights as set forth in this Law.
7. An official observer shall have no right
1) to interfere with the proceedings of the electoral commission, to resort to actions intervening with the course of the electoral process or to hinder members of the electoral commission in the line of their duty;
2) to fill out ballots instead of voters (even if they so request);
3) to be present in the booth (room) assigned for secret voting when a voter fills out his/ her ballot.
8. Should an official observer violate any of the requirements set forth in p. 7 of this Article the polling station electoral commission may deprive him/ her of the rights to be present in the polling station premises during the voting or to attend sessions of the electoral commission.
9. The executive body/ bodies of the party/ parties in the bloc in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, Cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, or the candidate for deputy registered in a single-mandate electoral constituency shall have the right to revoke an appointed official observer, to apply to the respective constituency electoral commission as to termination of the official observer’s authority and to submit documents as to registration of another official observer in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Law.
10. Any official observer shall at any time have the right to apply to the constituency electoral commission as to termination of his/ her authority. With respect to such application the constituency electoral commission shall make its decision and communicate a copy thereof to the authorized person of the party (bloc) or to the candidate for deputy.
