That said, the principle of proportionality also implies that a decision on suspension or cancellation may only be taken when there are no alternative, less intrusive electoral options such as transferring voters or moving polling stations to less volatile places or using more postal voting or electronic options. Interestingly, the draft law of Ukraine # 5844 “On the Principles of State Policy of the Transition Period” of 4 August 2021 – which was subject to an opinion adopted by the Venice Commission in October 2021 – provided that during national elections and referendums “Ukrainian nationals residing in the temporarily occupied territories shall be enabled to cast their votes in the Ukrainian territory other than the temporarily occupied territories” (draft Article 15(2)). In contrast, the present draft law does not foresee any similar regulations for citizens living in the zones close to the occupied territories, who may thus continue to be deprived of their right to vote, even in national elections.