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Article 31
 

Powers of District Election Commissions

 

1.         Powers of a district election commission shall commence upon the moment of taking the oath by no less than two thirds of its minimum number of members, stipulated by paragraph 1 of Article 27 of this Law, on its first meeting that shall be called no later than on the third day after the day when the decision on its creation was made.

 

2.    A district election commissions shall:

 

1)    ensure preparation and conduct of elections of people's deputies within the boundaries of a territorial election district;

 

2)    control, within the boundaries of respective territorial election district, adherence to and equal application of the legislation on elections of people's deputies by voters, polling station commissions and their members, executive authorities and local self-government bodies, staff and officials of such bodies, enterprises, institutions, agencies, organizations and their officials, mass media, their owners, staff and creative staff members, candidates, parties (blocs), their representatives and authorized individuals, official observers, and other associations of citizens;

 

3)    render legal, logistical, and technical assistance to polling station commissions; organize training of such commission members on the election process organization issues;

 

4)    establish polling stations, except for cases stipulated by paragraphs 5 and 7 of Article 21 of this Law, determine their boundaries and unique numeration within in the territorial election district;

 

5)    establish polling station commissions in accordance with this Law, except for cases stipulated by paragraph 13 of Article 28 of this Law;

 

6)    if required, convoke meetings of a polling station commission on its own initiative;

 

7)    makes decisions on use of funds from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for preparation to and conduct of the elections of deputies under the procedure established by the Central Election Commission;

 

8)    control composition of voter lists at polling stations on the territory of the election district by bodies authorized to do so by law, deliver these lists to respective polling station commissions, control their presentation for public inspection;

 

9)    control activities of executive authorities and bodies of local self-government on issues of rendering premises for voting, transport, communication means, equipment; consider and solve, within its competence, other issues of logistical support of the elections on the territory of the election district;

 

10) together with respective executive authorities and bodies of local self-government, facilitate meetings of candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) with voters at enterprises, institutions, organizations of all forms of ownership, and organize such meetings in cases stipulated by this Law;

 

11) deliver ballot papers, absentee certificate forms and forms of other documents to polling station commissions as stipulated by this Law; ensure control over the count of ballot papers and absentee certificate forms within boundaries of its district;

 

12) ensure production of seals, stamps and deliver them to polling station commissions;

 

13) hear information of polling station commissions, local executive authorities and bodies of local self-government on preparation to and conduct of the elections;

 

14) register official observers from parties (blocs), public organizations in the territorial election district;

 

15) consider claims and complaints dealing with preparation and conduct of the elections of deputies in the territorial election district and pass decisions thereupon;

 

16) determine voting results in the territorial election district, draw up a protocol on voting results in the district, submit it and other election documents stipulated by this Law to the Central Election Commission;

 

17) declare voting at a polling station unreliable in cases stipulated by this Law;

 

18) ensure depositing election and other documents with a respective state depositary under the procedure established by the Central Election Commission;

 

19) exercise other powers stipulated by this Law and other laws of Ukraine.

 

3.    Powers of a district election commission shall terminate 20 days after the official promulgation of voting results by the Central Election Commission under the procedure stipulated by this Law.

 

4.    A district election commission shall terminate its activities under the procedure and within time limits stipulated by Article 38 of this Law.