The Procedure and Terms for Considering Requests Submitted to the Commission
1. Applications and complaints submitted to the Commission shall be considered in accordance with the procedure established by this and other laws, as well as by the Rules of procedure of the Central Election Commission.
2. Applications and complaints, which were submitted to the Commission during the election process or process of referendum and which concern this process, shall be considered by the Commission within a period of five days from the day the application or complaint was received if another term is not established in the respective law of Ukraine on elections or referenda. The day of submission of such application or complaint shall be considered the actual day the Commission received the complaint.
3. Applications or other requests which do not concern the election process or process of referendum or which were not submitted during such a process shall be considered by the Commission on general terms established by law.
4. A complaint submitted to the Commission shall be considered at the session of the Commission. The Commission shall take a decision on the outcome of the consideration of the complaint.
5. A member of the Commission shall, on the assignment of the Chairperson of the Commission or one of his or her deputies, preliminarily consider an application submitted to the Commission.
6. Based on the preliminary consideration of the application, the member of the Commission may recommend the Commission to consider it at the session of the Commission and take a decision in regard to such an application.
7. If the application does not demand the Commission to take a decision, the member of the Commission may, on the assignment of the Chairperson or one of his or her deputies, give the applicant an answer in his or her name.
