Procedure of Creation of a District Election Commission
1. The Central Election Commissions shall establish a district election commission no later than 60 days before Election Day. It shall comprise a head, deputy head, secretary, and other commission members no less than 12 and no more than 18 individuals.
2. Parties (blocs) that in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have their party factions (bloc factions) as of 15 September of the year preceding the election year, as well as other parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process shall have the right to nominate members of district election commissions.
3. One representative from each party (bloc) that have their party factions (bloc factions) in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as of September 15 of the year preceding the election year must be included in the membership of the district election commission upon respective submission. No more than one representative from other parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process shall be included in the membership of the district election commission by casting lot by the Central Election Commission no later than on the third day after the day of expiration of the period of making submissions, stipulated by paragraph 4 of this Article. Nominees included in the membership of a district election commission may be rejected only on the basis of their incompliance with the requirements stipulated by Article 26 of this Law or because of the mechanism of casting lot stipulated by this paragraph.
4. Central governing body of a party (governing body of a bloc), no later than 68 days before Election Day, shall submit a list of individuals nominated by a party (bloc), who are members of such party (parties comprising a bloc) or non-affiliated individuals, to be included into respective district election commission (no more than one candidate per each commission) in hard copy form and electronic form to the Central Election Commission in the format approved by the Central Election Commission. This submission shall indicate nominees for a head, deputy head and a secretary of the commission. The submission shall be signed by the party leader (leaders of parties constituting a bloc) and sealed with a party seal (seals of parties constituting a bloc).
5. Nomination of candidates for district election commissions shall indicate as follows:
1) full name of the individual;
2) year of birth (date of birth for those who would reach the age of 18 in the year of elections);
3) citizenship of the individual;
4) place of residence and address of the individual, and also contact phone numbers;
5) command of the state language;
6) education;
7) place of work and position;
8) previous of experience in work of election commissions;
9) respective experience or training;
10) position in the commission for which an individual is nominated.
6. A nomination should be accompanied with an request of an individual nominated for a district election commission on his/her consent to take part in commission’s work on behalf of the respective party (bloc).
7. Technical errors or inaccuracies in submissions shall not be the basis for rejection of nominated candidates. The Central Election Commission shall immediately inform a representative from the respective party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission about such errors and inaccuracies. These errors and inaccuracies may be corrected through an amended submission on respective candidates no later than on the next day upon receipt of the indicated information. If an amended submission shall not be received in the specified period, the respective candidates shall be rejected.
8. In the event when no submissions for the membership of a district election commission are received in the period stipulated by this Article or if the number of nominees for members of a district election commission is less than 12, the Central Election Commission shall create a district election commission upon submission of its head in the count of 12 individuals with mandatory engagement of individuals nominated by parties (blocs) stipulated by paragraph 2 of this Article.
9. Head, deputy head and a secretary of a district election commission may not represent the same party (bloc).
10. Each party (bloc) that has members in district election commissions shall have the right for a proportional share of each category of management positions in district election commissions. Share of management positions reserved for each party (bloc) within the all-national constituency shall be determined by the number of nominees from a party (bloc) included into district election commissions and the overall number of individuals included into district election commissions from parties (blocs). An individual included into a district election commission upon submission of the Head of the Central Election Commission may not be appointed to management position in a commission except in cases when submissions from parties (blocs) for membership in a respective district election commission were not received or the number of nominees was less than the required number. The procedure of management positions distribution between parties (blocs) within shares stipulated by this Article shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. At the same time, positions granted to representatives of each party (bloc) shall be evenly distributed throughout the territory of Ukraine.
11. Decisions on creation of district election commissions and their composition passed in accordance with this Law shall by published by the Central Election Commission within three days following adoption of the respective decision in state printed media. A part of this decision concerning creation of district election commissions and their composition in respective region shall be published by the Central Election Commission in regional printed media within seven days after making this decision. Decisions on making amendments to composition of a district election commission shall be published under the same procedure within the same time limits but no later than on the last day before Election Day.
