Protocols (Minutes) of the Polling Station Commission on the Tabulation of Votes
1. The polling station commission at its meeting shall draw up a protocol on the tabulation of votes at the polling station in the relevant multi-mandate all-state constituency and a protocol on the tabulation of votes in the relevant single-mandate constituency according to the forms established by the Central Election Commission.
2. The protocol of a polling station commission on the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a multi-mandate constituency shall include the following data, in figures and in words:
1) the number of ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency received by the polling station commission;
2) the number of voters entered in the polling station’s voter list;
3) the number of unused ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;
4) the number of voters who received ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;
5) the number of voters who took part in the voting at the given polling station in the multi-mandate constituency;
6) the number of voided ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;
7) the number of votes given in the multi-mandate constituency for the candidate deputies from each party (bloc); and
8) the number of voters in the multi-mandate constituency that did not support the deputy candidates from any party (bloc).
3. The protocol a polling station commission on the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a single-mandate constituency shall include the following data, in figures and in words:
1) the number of ballots for voting in a single-mandate constituency received by the polling station commission;
2) the number of voters entered in the polling station’s voter list;
3) the number of unused ballots for voting in a single-mandate constituency;
4) the number of voters who received ballots for voting in a single-mandate constituency;
5) the number of voters who took part in the voting at the given polling station in the single-mandate constituency;
6) the number of voided ballots for voting in a single-mandate constituency;
7) the number of votes given in the single-mandate constituency for each candidate deputy; and
8) the number of voters in the single-mandate constituency that did not support any deputy candidate.
4. The protocol of the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a multi-mandate constituency shall be drawn up by the polling station commission in a number of copies that is greater by four than the number of the members of the polling station commission, and the protocol of the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a single-mandate constituency – in a number of copies that is greater by three than the number of the members of the polling station commission. The copies of the protocols shall be numbered, each having the same legal force.
5. Each of the protocols of the tabulation of votes at the polling station shall have the date and time (hour, minutes) of its signing by the members of the polling station commission. The chairperson, his/her deputy, secretary and other commission members present at the commission meeting shall sign each protocol. Should a commission member’s signature be absent, the reason for its absence shall be indicated in the protocol against that commission member’s name. The seal of the polling station commission shall certify the protocols. Authorized representatives of parties (blocs), candidate deputies and their authorized persons, official observers from parties (blocs) and candidate deputies registered in single-mandate election constituencies, who were present at the tabulation of votes, shall have the right to sign the first copies of the protocols.
6. It shall be prohibited to fill out a protocol of the tabulation of votes at a polling station in pencil and to make any kind of corrections therein without a relevant decision of the commission.
7. Should the polling station commission find any inaccuracies (such as a slip of the pen or a mistake in numbers) after the signing of a protocol of the tabulation of votes at the polling station in its election constituency, it shall consider the question of amending the protocol at its meeting by drawing up a new protocol with the mark “Corrected”.
8. The first and second copies of the protocol of the polling station commission on the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a multi-mandate all-state election constituency, and the first copy of the protocol of the polling station commission on the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a single-mandate election constituency, as well as respective copies of each protocol with the mark “Corrected”, if any, shall be packed into separate packages. The packages shall have the inscriptions, “Protocol of the multi-mandate constituency” or “Protocols of the single-mandate constituency”, respectively, and the number of the single-mandate constituency, the polling station number, the date and time of packing, the signatures of the present polling station commission members and the seal of the commission. The third copy of the protocol of the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a multi-mandate constituency and the second copy of the protocol of the tabulation of votes at the polling station in a single-mandate constituency shall be kept with the secretary of the commission. The fourth and third copies respectively shall be put out immediately for general information in the premises of the polling station commission. The rest of the copies of each protocol shall be handed out to the members of the polling station commission.
9. At the request of authorized representatives of parties (blocs), candidate deputies, their authorized persons, official representatives of parties (blocs) and candidate deputies registered in a single-mandate election constituency, who were present at the tabulation of votes at the polling station, they shall immediately be issued with copies of the protocols mentioned in this Article, authenticated by the chairperson and secretary of the polling station commission and sealed with the seal of the commission, in an amount of not more than one copy for each party (bloc) and each candidate deputy registered in the single-mandate constituency.
10. Packages with the protocols of the polling station commission on the tabulation of votes at the polling station, the ballots, control checks and objects, as well as separate opinions, if any, of the members of the polling station commission, and the acts, petitions, complaints and decisions made by the commission shall be delivered to the election district commission without delay.
