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Article 25
 

Status of Election Commissions

 

1.    Election commissions shall be special collective bodies authorized to prepare and conduct elections of deputies and ensure compliance with and equal application of laws of Ukraine on elections of deputies.

 

2.    The status of the Central Election Commission is determined by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election Commission, this Law and other laws of Ukraine. The Central Election Commission shall preside over the system of election commissions that prepare and conduct elections of deputies, and shall be the higher level commission for all district election commissions and polling station commissions stipulated by this Law.

 

3.    The Central Election Commission shall not be legal inheritor of district election commissions.

 

4.    The status of district election commissions and polling station commissions shall be determined by this Law.

 

5.    A district election commission shall be a legal entity. A district election commission shall be a commission of higher level to all polling station commissions within boundaries of the respective territorial election district on issues dealing with elections of deputies.

 

6.    A polling station commission shall not be a legal entity. A polling station commission shall be a subject of the respective election process, shall have the right of petitioning state authorities and bodies of local self-governance within limits of its competence, as well as enterprises, institutions, organizations and facilities, their staff and officials. A polling station commission shall have its own seal, a sample of which shall be approved by the Central Election Commission.