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Article 66
 

Forms and Means of Election Campaign

 

1.    Campaigning may be performed in any forms and by any means not conflicting with the Constitutions of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine. Citizens of Ukraine shall have the right to discuss political programs of parties (blocs), political, business, and personal features of candidates for deputies freely and thoroughly, to campaign in support or against parties (blocs), candidates for deputies.

 

2.    Campaign may be held in the following forms:

 

1)    meetings of citizens, other meetings with voters;

 

2)    protest meetings, marches, demonstrations, pickets;

 

3)    public debates, discussions, round tables, press conferences on provisions of the election programs and political activities of parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process or candidates for deputies;

 

4)    publication (in printed media) and broadcasting (in electronic media) of political advertisement, speeches, interviews,  assays, video films, audio- and video ads, other publications and information;

 

5)    distribution of leaflets, posters and other printed agitation materials or printed editions, where agitation materials are published;

 

6)    printed agitation materials posted on outdoor advertisement constructions;

 

7)    concerts, performances, sport events, films and TV broadcasting or other public events, organized with support of a party (bloc) — subject of the election process or a candidate for a deputy as well as dissemination on such support;

 

8)    public appeals to vote in favor or against parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process or public assessments of activities of such parties (blocs) or candidates for deputies;

 

9)    other forms not conflicting with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine.

 

3.    Political advertisement is any kind of printed, oral, sound, and audio-visual types and forms of ideological impact on people, not prohibited by the law, which ads are designed for direct or indirect attracting attention to subjects of the election process, forming positive or negative attitude to them with citizens or directing political behavior of citizens and social groups in their acceptance of subjects of the election process in the course of elections, including information on events being held or supported with this purpose. A time of broadcasting set for political advertisement on TV and radio shall not exceed 20% of factual amount of broadcasting of any broadcasting company of any form of ownership during astronomical day.

 

4.    Financial support by a party (bloc) – subject of the election process or by candidate for deputies in conducting concerts plays, sports, and demonstration of films, TV programs or other events could be done on the expenses of election fund of the relevant party (bloc) only.

 

5.    Official announcements made in the course of elections on activities of candidates for deputies, related with execution of official duties thereof, as stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, and being prepared under the procedure stipulated by the Law of Ukraine On Procedure of Coverage of Activities of Public Authorities and Bodies of Local Self-Government in Ukraine by Mass Media shall not be regarded as political advertising. The said official announcements should not contain comments having agitation nature, and video and audio records, films, pictures covering activities of the said individuals as candidates for deputies.

 

6.    Election campaign shall be held with utilization of allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation to and conduct of the elections for purposes as determined by this Law, and money of election funds of parties (blocs). It is prohibited to use own funds of candidates for deputies or funds from other sources for campaigning, including agitation on voters’ initiative.

 

7.    Campaigning at the expense of allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation to and conduct of the elections, shall be performed in compliance with equal opportunities principle (providing parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process with equal space in printed mass media and equal broadcasting time on radio and TV).

 

8.    Executive authorities and bodies of local self-government shall provide premises suitable for public agitation events being organized by a district election commission. At that, a district election commission should ensure equal opportunities for all parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process. Payment for utilization of premises rendered shall be made under the procedure stipulated by Article 54 of this Law.

 

9.    A party (bloc) — subject of the election process shall have the right to rent buildings and premises of all forms of ownership for meetings, discussions, debates and other mass agitation events on contractual basis and at the expense of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

 

10. A party (bloc) shall inform a respective district election commission on time and place of mass agitation.

 

11. If a building (premise) of any form of ownership was rented for holding a mass event or campaigning of one party (bloc), an owner (user) of such building (premise) may not refuse in its renting to another party (bloc) — subject of the election process on the same terms and conditions. The said requirement does not concern premises being owned or permanently used by parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process.