Procedure for Calculation of Votes at the Polling Station
1. Calculation of votes at the polling station shall be conducted by polling station election commission separately by each single-mandate, multi-mandate election constituency, by each candidate. While handing out ballots for voting and calculation of votes, nobody has the right to put any marks or signs on them.
2. While calculating the votes, polling station election commission must adhere the following sequence of actions:
1) after the completion of voting, election commission shall cancel and count unused election ballots, pack them in separate packages by each constituency, each rada. The package shall inscribe number of polling station, of constituency, name of the rada and quantity of unused ballots. The package shall be sealed and signed by commission’s chairman and secretary;
2) election commission shall determine, based on the voter list, the general number of voters at the polling station, number of voters in each election constituency, as well as the total number of voters and number of voters in each election constituency who received election ballots;
3) chairman of polling station election commission shall, in the presence of commission members and other persons who can be present at the commission’s session in accordance with this Law, check the integrity of the imprints of stamp or seal on the ballot boxes, and open these boxes;
4) commission shall calculate, separately within the boundaries of the given polling station by each election constituency, the general number of election ballots that were in the boxes, and the number of ballots declared void.
3. Election ballots of an unidentified format, ballots not containing the signatures envisaged by the eighth paragraph of Article 40 of this Law, ballots wherein no mark was put by the voter, shall be declared void. While voting in single-mandate election constituencies, ballots wherein marks were put in the squares opposite to the names of more than one candidate, shall also be deemed void. While voting in single-mandate and multi-mandate election constituencies, ballots wherein marks were put in the squares opposite to the name (names) of a candidate (candidates) and to the sign "Do not support any of the candidates", shall be deemed void.
4. If doubts regarding the validity of election ballot arise, the issue shall be resolved by the polling station election commission through voting.
5. The determined number of void election ballots shall be entered in the minutes. Void ballots shall be packed separately by each election constituency with an indication on the envelope of the number of polling station, election constituency, name of rada to which the elections are conducted. Packed envelope shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of polling station election commission.
6. The commission shall calculate votes cast in favor of every candidate, as well as the number of votes of those who did not support any of the candidates, any of the candidate lists. After that, election ballots shall be packed with an indication on the envelopes of the number of polling station, election constituency, name of rada to which the elections are conducted. Packed envelope shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the polling station election commission.
7. Surnames of citizens additionally entered in the ballot by voters shall not be taken into account.
8. Polling station election commission shall make minutes separately for every election constituency which shall inscribe:
1) general number of voters at the polling station of the election constituency;
2) number of voters who received election ballots;
3) number of voters who voted;
4) number of election ballots declared void;
5) number of votes cast in favor of each candidate;
6) number of votes of voters, who did not support any of the candidates.
9. Results of the calculation of votes shall be considered at the session of the election commission regarding which minutes are to be made following the form established by the Central Election Commission. Each minutes of the polling station election commission regarding the voting results shall be made in three copies and signed by the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary, and by members of polling station election commission. Separate comments of commission members in the written form shall also be attached to them, if such were expressed.
10. The first copy of minutes along with the packages of election ballots shall be immediately delivered to the respective constituency (territorial) election commission, the second one shall be at once posted in the premises of polling station election commission for general familiarization, the third one shall be stored in the records of the polling station election commission.
11. Transportation and passing of the minutes and other election documents to constituency (territorial) election commission shall be done by the chairman or deputy chairman, and by two members of polling station election commission accompanied by an employee of interior body.
