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Article 51
 

Financing of Local Elections

1. Regular and extraordinary local elections appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall be conducted at the expense of funds of the State budget of Ukraine. Appropriate expenditures shall be foreseen as a separate rank in the State budget. In all other cases provided for by this Law, elections shall be conducted at the expense of funds of respective local budgets.

2. Expenditures connected with the preparation and conduct of elections shall be carried out by election commissions from the election funds which are to be formed by territorial election commissions at the expense of the funds allocated for the elections conduct. Territorial election commission has the status of a legal entity and shall be the manager of the election fund. The amount of this fund shall be determined by the respective rada.