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Article 21
 

Special Polling Stations

 

1.    Special polling stations shall be established in stationary medical institutions, on vessels navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine on Election Day, at polar stations of Ukraine, in penitentiary institutions and other places of temporary stay of voters with limited freedom of movement. Special polling stations are established in order to allow the voters to vote without violation of the internal operations regime in the respective institution (facility). It is not allowed to establish more than one polling station for two or more institutions or facilities.

 

2.    Special polling stations shall be created by territorial election commissions at places of location of respective institutions or facilities, or at a place of registration of a vessel or a polar station within time limits stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 19 of this Law on the basis of submissions by rayon state administrations or city executive committees of cities of oblast (republican in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) significance. These submissions shall be filed with a territorial election commission by respective bodies or officials no later than 58 days before Election Day.

 

3.    In a submission regarding creation of a special polling station in a respective institution or facility one shall include:

 

1)    name of the institution or facility;

 

2)    legal address of the institution or facility;

 

3)    approximate number of voters that would stay in the institution or facility at Election Day;

 

4)    availability of respective premises for voting and its address (in the event when the address of the premises is different from the legal address of the institution or facility);

 

5)    commitment of management of the institution or facility to ensure open access to the premises for voting for members of the respective election commission and individuals authorized by this Law to be present during the voting and vote tabulation.

 

4.    In a submission regarding creation of a special polling station on the vessel that is navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine one shall include:

 

1)    the name of the vessel;

 

2)    port of the vessel registration;

 

3)    approximate number of voters on the vessel;

 

4)    the last day before the leaving of the vessel from the port of registration prior to Election Day;

 

5)    approximate date of return to any port of Ukraine closest to Election Day.

 

5.    No polling stations are usually created at military units (formations). Military servicemen shall cast their votes at regular polling stations located outside of military units (formations). A special polling station on the territory of a military unit (formation) deployed outside of a settlement on a big distance from it may be created as an exception by the Central Election Commission upon submission of the respective district election commission. Such a submission shall be received by the Central Election Commission no later than 58 days before Election Day. In this submission, apart from the information required by part three of this Article, a justification of the necessity to create the respective special polling station shall be included. The basis for this submission shall be a petition of the commander of the military unit (formation) to the respective district election commission that should be received no later than 58 days before Election Day.

 

6.    In the submission stipulated by paragraph 5 of this Article, one shall include:

 

1)    the number of and/or the address of the military unit (formation);

 

2)    a justification of the necessity to create of the special polling station in a military unit (formation);

 

3)    approximate number of voters at such polling station;

 

4)    availability of respective premises for voting and its address (in the event when the address of the premises is different from the legal address of the military unit (formation);

 

5)    commitment to ensure open access to the premises for voting for members of the respective election commission and individuals authorized by this Law to be present during the voting and vote tabulation.

 

7.    In exceptional events of creation of a new medical treatment facility, penitentiary institution or other institution (facility) where voters with limited freedom of movement would temporarily stay, an unexpected beginning of navigation of a vessel under the State Flag of Ukraine, or an unexpected creation (relocation) of a military unit (formation) that is dispatched long distance from a settlement, the Central Election Commission may create a special polling station no later than 10 days before Election Day upon submission of the respective district election commission. The said submission should be made no later than 15 days before Election Day. This submission shall be filed by the district election commission no later than 15 days before Election Day on the basis of a respective petition of a rayon state administration, city executive committee of the city of oblast significance (republican significance, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), or a commander of the military unit (formation). This submission shall include information stipulated respectively by paragraphs 3, 4, or 6 of this Article.

 

8.    A district election commission shall submit to the Central Election Commission its proposals regarding a polling station’s number in the event of creation of a special polling station according to paragraphs 5 and 7 of this Law.