Restrictions on Carrying Out Pre-Election Campaign Publicity
1. During election campaign, candidates or their authorized persons, authorized representatives of local branches of political parties (blocs), of public organizations, who are employees (owners) of the state and non-state mass media are prohibited from publishing materials, participating in radio and television programs which are of campaign publicity nature or concern the preparation and conduct of elections, from taking more space (time) than it is determined by constituency (territorial) election commission for other candidates.
2. Persons who are not citizens of Ukraine are prohibited from carrying out pre-election campaign publicity.
3. Campaign publicity on the elections day - dissemination of election leaflets, posters, appeals to voters to vote "for" or "against" candidates, or to boycott elections in any - shall be prohibited.
4. Influence on voters by means of oral or written appeals on the election day in the premises for voting or near them is prohibited. Publicizing results of the voters’ polls in regard to whom they cast their votes for on radio and television is unacceptable before the termination of voting.
5. All disputes regarding pre-election campaign publicity shall be resolved by the constituency (territorial) election commission, decisions of which can be appealed through court’s procedures.
