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Article 21
 

Organization of work of election commission

1. Election commission shall organize its work in open and public manner.

2. The main form of work of election commission shall be its sessions, which shall be called by the chairman of the commission, and in the event of his/her absence - by the deputy chairman of the commission, and in cases envisaged by second paragraph of Article 19 of this Law - by the secretary of the commission.

3. In the event of absence of the chairman or deputy chairman of the commission or their refusal to call its session, the session of the commission can be called at the request of at least one third of the commission members initiating the conduct of session with obligatory notification of all members of the commission about time and place of the conduct of its session and about the issues proposed for consideration.

4. The first session of the election commission shall be called no later than on the third working day after its formation, and the subsequent ones - as necessary.

5. A session of the election commission shall have legal authority if more than half of the general complement of the commission members attend it.

6. The decision of the commission shall be adopted through open voting by a majority of votes of persons who are commission members.

7. A session of the election commission shall be conducted by its chairman or his/her deputy, and in the event they for any reasons do not carry out this function, the commission shall appoint one of its members as the chairman for the session.

8. All sessions of the commission shall be documented in minutes. Minutes of a session shall be signed by the person presiding at the session and by the commission secretary, or by the commission member who performs the duties of the secretary.

9. Persons who are members of the commission and do not agree with the adopted decision shall have the right to express a separate opinion in writing, which shall be attached to the minutes of the commission session.

10. Candidates, their authorized persons, authorized persons of local branches of political parties (blocs), public organizations, registered in accordance with this Law, official observers from public organizations of Ukraine and from other states, from international organizations, as well as representatives of the mass media shall have the right to be present at the sessions of the election commission. Other persons can be present at the session of the commission upon the decision of the commission.

11. The election commission may adopt a decision to deprive persons, stipulated in the tenth paragraph of this Article, of the right to participate in its session, if they hinder the conduct of the session.

12. The decision of the election commission, adopted within the limits of its authority, shall have binding power for the participants of elections and for the bodies, which ensure their conduct.

13. Chairman of the commission, his/her deputy, secretary or commission member shall have the right to accept and register documents and applications, received by the election commission. All documents and applications shall be registered in the order set forth by the commission.

14. The election commission may involve appropriate specialists, technicians for organizational, legal, technical provision of the accomplishment of the functions envisaged by this Law. Their work shall, upon the decision of the commission, be compensated within the limits of funds allocated to the commission for the preparation and conduct of elections.