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Article 34
 

Authorized Persons of a Candidate

1. A candidate for deputy can have no more than five, and a candidate for the position of village, settlement, city chairman - no more than ten authorized persons who are assisting him/her in the conduct of election campaign, who carry out campaign publicity for his/her election as a deputy, village, settlement, city chairman, who represent candidate’s interests in relations with election commissions, local bodies of executive power and bodies of local self-government, public organizations, voters. Only a citizen of Ukraine who has suffrage rights can be an authorized person of a candidate.

2. A candidate shall determine authorized persons and file to the respective constituency (territorial) election commission an application about their registration. An application regarding every candidature for an authorized person shall contain surname, first name, patronymic, office and home address, telephone number; also a written consent of this person shall be presented. Refusal in registration of an authorized person of a candidate can be appealed in court. The election commission shall, after the registration of authorized persons, issue to them credentials following the form established by the Central Election Commission.

3. A candidate has the right at any time before the election day to file to the constituency (territorial) election commission an application about suspension of the authority of his/her authorized person and about the registration of another person. An authorized person of a candidate may, at any time upon his/her own initiative, terminate his/her authority by returning to the constituency (territorial) election commission the credential issued to him/her, and inform the candidate about this.

4. The authorities of authorized persons of candidates begin from the day of their registration by constituency (territorial) election commission, and terminate on the day constituency (territorial) election commission adopts a decision on the registration of the elected deputy, village, settlement, city chairman.

5. Authorized persons shall perform their functions on a voluntary basis.