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Article 29
 

The Formation of Voting Division Referendum Commission.

The voting division referendum commissions shall be formed by rayon, city, city rayon, settlement and the village Councils of peoples' deputies or by their Chairpersons no later than 40 days prior to an All-Ukrainian referendum and 15 days prior to a local referendum, and includes 5-19 members. In case of necessity, the number of members of voting division referendum commission may be increased or reduced by the decision of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies or its Chairperson.

The representatives of the voting division referendum commission shall be nominated by rayon, city, city rayon committees of political parties, mass movements, public organizations or their executive bodies, by labor collectives or their councils, by collectives of professional and technical, middle-level, and higher educational institutions, by settlement and village, street, block and house committees, by meetings of citizens at their place of domicile, and servicemen in military units.

The representatives of the voting division referendum commissions in labor collectives, professional and technical, middle-level, and higher educational institutions with more than 200 persons on the list may be nominated by the shop, department, sector, team of workers or other subdivisions meetings, if there are no less than 20 persons on their list.

The Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and Secretary of the voting division referendum commission shall be elected at its first session.