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Article 27
 

Order of nomination of candidates at meetings of voters at the place of their residence, work or studies

1. Nomination of candidates shall begin 60 days prior and shall be terminated 45 days after the day of elections.

2. Meetings of voters at the place of their residence, work or studies, called in the village, settlement, city of rayon importance, in the event that:

· at least 10 voters participate in them, shall have the right to nominate one candidate for deputy, respectively, of a village, settlement, city rada in one of the single-mandate election constituencies;

· at least 50 voters participate in them, shall have the right to nominate one candidate for the position of a village, settlement, city chairman, one candidate for deputies of respectively village, settlement, city rada in each single-mandate election constituency, as well as one candidate for deputy per rayon, oblast rada in the respective multi-mandate election constituency.

3. Meetings of voters called in the city (except for cities of rayon importance), in the city rayon, in the event that:

· at least 25 voters participate in them, shall have the right to nominate one candidate for deputies per city, rayon-in-city rada in the respective single-mandate election constituency, in the territory of which their participants reside or work;

· at least 100 voters participate in them, shall have the right to nominate one candidate for the position of city chairman, no more than five candidates for deputies of city and no more than five candidates for deputies of rayon-in-city rada in the respective election constituencies, as well as one candidate for deputy of oblast rada.

4. Order of calling and conduct of meetings of voters at the places of their residence, work or studies must correspond to the following requirements:

1) initiators of the conduct of a meeting are obliged to notify the respective constituency (territorial) election commission about the date and place of its conduct no later than three days prior to the day of conduct of a meeting;

2) at the beginning of meeting, the list of its participants shall be compiled indicating surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, place of permanent residence or work. The participant of the meeting shall put personal signature opposite to his/her surname;

3) the presidium of meeting shall be elected and the minutes shall be made at the meetings of voters. Date and place of conduct of meeting, number of its participants, candidatures that were discussed, number of votes cast "for" and "against" the nomination of a candidate (candidates), decision of the meeting, as well as data about the nominated candidate (candidates): surname, first name, patronymic, date, month and year of birth, party membership, position (occupation), place of work and residence - shall be indicated in the minutes. The list of the participants of meeting shall be attached to the minutes;

4) every participant of a meeting shall have the right to propose for discussion any candidature, including his/hers;

5) a candidate shall be deemed nominated if more than a half of the participants of a meeting voted for him. The candidate shall be informed about the adopted decision.

5. The minutes of the meeting, signed by members of the presidium of the meeting, shall be sent to the respective constituency (territorial) election commission in the order established by it.