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Article 19
 

The Authorities of the Commission in regard to the Organization of the Preparation and Conduct of the Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine

 

The Commission shall:

 

1) Organize the preparation and conduct of the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine;

 

2) Preside over the system of election commissions formed for the conduct of the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine and direct and control their activity;

 

3) Publish the resolutions of the Commission and other information in regard to the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine in cases envisaged by law;

 

4) Exercise control with the appropriate use of funds allocated from the State budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine;

 

5) Control the procedure of receipt, recording and use of funds of the campaign funds of political parties (election blocs of political parties) in accordance with the procedure and within the limits established by law;

 

6) Take decisions on compensation to political parties for expenditures connected with financing the pre-election campaign during the conduct of elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine, in accordance with the law;

 

7) Form territorial election districts for the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine;

 

8) Register candidates for people’s deputies of Ukraine, their proxies and authorized representatives in the Central Election Commission;

 

9) Take decisions to cancel the registration of candidates for people’s deputies of Ukraine in accordance with the procedure established by law;

 

10) Establish the forms of election documentation, approve the samples of ballot boxes for voting and the seals of election commissions, determine the procedure for storage and transfer of election documentation to the respective state archival institutions;

 

11) Establish the form and approve the text of the election ballots and ensure the production of them;

 

12) Listen to reports from election commissions, as well as from ministries and other bodies of the executive power, and bodies of local self-government on issues related to the preparation and conduct of the elections;

 

13) Exercise the functions as district election commission of the multi-mandate nationwide election district, determine the results of the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine in this district and officially announce them;

 

14) Register the elected people’s deputies of Ukraine in accordance with the procedure specified by the Law of Ukraine “On the Election of People’s Deputies of Ukraine”;

 

15) Publish a list of the elected people’s deputies of Ukraine indicating their surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, education, occupation (position), place of work and residence, and affiliation to a political party (election bloc of political parties);

 

16) Issue a temporary certificate of a people’s deputy of Ukraine to persons who were elected and have met the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine and the laws of Ukraine concerning the incompatibility of the mandate of a deputy with other forms of activity. After the elected people’s deputy of Ukraine has taken the oath within a seven-days term, issue to him or to her the certificate of a people’s deputy of Ukraine of the established form;

 

17) Control the activity of bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government related to providing election commissions with premises, transportation, communication lines and other means of logistic support for the elections;

 

18) Determine, in accordance with the law, the procedure for the use of mass media during the pre-election campaign;

 

19) Exercise other authorities in accordance with this Law, the Law of Ukraine “On the Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine” and other laws of Ukraine.