Polling station election commission
1. Polling station election commission shall be formed by village, settlement, city, rayon-in-city rada or its executive committee no later than 45 days prior to the day of elections, and in the exceptional cases, determined in the fifth paragraph of Article 13 of this Law, - five days prior to the day of elections, consisting of a chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and 5-11 members of the commission.
2. At polling stations where the number of voters does not exceed 50 persons, polling station election commissions can be formed consisting of a commission chairman, secretary and 1-3 members of the commission;
3. Candidatures to the complement of the polling station election commission shall be submitted for the consideration of the rada or its executive committee respectively by village, settlement, city chairman, chairman of rayon-in-city rada (in the event of his/her refusal or inability to perform this function - by an official, who according to the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine" performs his/her functions) taking into account proposals of legalized according to the law local branches of political parties (blocs), public organizations, bodies of self-organization of population, which perform their activities in the respective territory, as well as of meetings of voters.
4. Order and terms for submitting proposals regarding representatives to the complement of polling station election commissions by the subjects, envisaged by the third paragraph of this Article, shall be established by village, settlement, city chairman, chairman, chairman of rayon-in-city rada (by an official, who performs his/her functions). Notification about the terms for submission of proposals shall be published no later than 5 days prior to the beginning of a term for their submission.
5. In the event the proposals regarding candidatures to the complement of polling station election commission were not submitted within the established term, or their number is less than envisaged by the first paragraph of this Article, the respective rada or its executive body shall upon the proposal of village, settlement, city chairman, chairman of rayon-in-city rada (of official who performs his/her functions) elect to the complement of polling station election commission the necessary number of persons.
6. Chairman, deputy chairman and secretary of the polling station election commission may not be members of the same party (bloc).
7. Decision of the respective rada on the complement of polling station election commissions shall be brought to notice of the population within three days.
8. Polling station election commission shall, within a five-day term from the day of its formation, inform citizens about its location, telephone number and regime of work.
9. The term of the authority of the polling station election commission shall terminate after the adoption by a respective territorial election commission of a decision regarding election of deputy of rada, as well as of village, settlement, city chairman and their registration.
10. In the event elections are conducted simultaneously with the elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine, polling station election commissions shall be formed in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine".
