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Article 13
 

Polling stations

1. The territory of villages, settlements, cities, rayons in cities shall be divided into polling stations for the conduct of voting and calculation of votes during local elections.

2. Polling stations shall be formed by village, settlement, city, rayon-in-city rada or its executive committee.

3. Polling stations shall be formed no later than 55 days prior to the day of elections with a number of voters from 20 to 3000 and, and in exceptional cases - with a fewer or greater number of voters.

4. Military servicemen shall vote at polling stations located outside the territories of military units. Polling stations in military units shall be formed, as exception, upon the agreement of the appropriate village, settlement, city, rayon in city rada or its executive committee.

5. In stationary medical, sanatorium and health-care establishments, and in other places of temporary stay of voters, on ships, which are at sea on the day of elections, polling stations can be formed within the term, established by the third paragraph of this Article, and in exceptional cases - no later than 5 days prior to the day of elections. Such polling stations shall be parts of election constituencies in which they are situated or in which the ship is registered.

6. Polling stations shall be common for elections of deputies of local radas, of village, settlement, city chairmen, and in the events when local elections are conducted simultaneously with elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine - they shall be common for elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine as well.

7. The respective territorial election commission shall upon the agreement with a body, which formed polling stations, establish their unified numeration, respectively, within the boundaries of rayon, city of the republican of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, of oblast importance, rayon in city.

8. In the event local elections are conducted simultaneously with elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine, polling stations shall be formed according to the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine".