Transparency and Openness of the Election Process
1. Preparation to and conduct of elections of deputies shall be public and open.
2. Election commissions shall:
1) inform citizens on their composition, location and working hours, on creation of territorial election districts and polling stations, on place and time of voting, on basic rights of voters, including their right to complain against unlawful decisions, actions or inaction of election commissions and their members, state executive authorities and bodies of local self-government, enterprises, institutions, agencies and organizations, their heads, other staff and officials;
2) ensure that all subjects of the election process have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with voter lists, election lists of parties (blocs), election programs of parties (blocs), information on candidates for deputies, and the procedure of marking ballot papers;
3) explain to voters the voting procedure, and the procedure of marking ballot papers;
4) promulgate voting results and results of elections of deputies;
5) provide other information in cases and according to the procedure stipulated by this Law.
3. Decisions of election commissions and decisions of state authorities and bodies of local self-government dealing with elections of deputies shall be brought to notice of all citizens through printed media or, in case of impossibility of informing through printed media, through other media.
4. Mass media shall ensure impartial coverage of preparation to and conduct of the elections. Mass media representatives shall be guarantied free access to all public events dealing with the elections, and access to meetings of election commissions and to a polling station on Election Day under the terms stipulated by paragraph 3 of Article 34 of this Law. Election commissions, state executive authorities, bodies of local self-government, their staff and officials are obligated to provide mass media with information on preparation to and conduct of the elections within their authority.
5. Diplomatic and other official representative offices, consular institutions of Ukraine that host polling stations abroad in states where many Ukrainians that have the right of vote reside, shall ensure publication of information in local media on place and time of voting, location of respective polling stations, procedures and terms of petitioning district election commissions, in particular on matters of including voters in voter lists of the polling station abroad.
