Guaranties of Activities of Parties (Blocs) in Election Process
1. A party (bloc) that nominated candidates for deputies shall have the right to delegate one representative to the Central Election Commission that has the right of advisory vote and shall be authorized to represent interests of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission during the election process. The candidacy of the representative shall be approved by the central executive body of the party (executive body of the bloc).
2. A representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be a citizen of Ukraine that has the right to vote. The following persons may not be representatives of a party (bloc): member of an election commission; an official of executive bodies or courts, law-enforcement bodies or bodies of local self-government; a military serviceman; persons that serve alternative (non-military) service.
3. Application for registration of the representative of the party (bloc) at the Central Election Commission shall be signed by the head of the party (heads of parties constituting the bloc) and sealed with the party stamp (stamps of the parties constituting the bloc), and a copy of the decision of the central executive body of the party (executive body of the bloc) on approval of the candidacy of representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission together with the application for registration of candidates for deputies from the party (bloc). The application for registration of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall contain the following: surname, name and patronymic of the representative of the party (bloc), his/her citizenship, day, month and year of birth, place of work, position (occupation), place of residence, and telephone number. A written consent of such an individual to represent interests of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be attached to the application.
4. No later than on the third working day after the receiving of the documents indicated in paragraph 3 of this Article the Central Election Commission shall register the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission that shall have the right of advisory vote and issue him/her a certificate. In the event the party (bloc) loses the status of a subject of the election process, authority of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be deemed terminated at the moment of this event.
5. A party (bloc) that is a subject of the election process may have no more than five authorized representatives in the all-national constituency and no more than two authorized individuals in each election district. The authorized representative of the party (bloc) shall represent the respective party (bloc) that is a subject of the election process and shall not be an independent subject of the election process. The authorized representative of the party (bloc) shall meet requirements stipulated by paragraph 2 of this Article. A list of authorized representatives of the party (bloc) with mandatory indication of the respective election district shall be approved by the central executive body of the party (executive body of the bloc).
6. Authority of the authorized representatives of the party (bloc) in the all-national constituency shall also extend over the foreign election district.
7. An application for registration of an authorized representatives of a party (bloc) signed by the head of the party (heads of parties constituting the bloc) and sealed with the party stamp (stamps of parties constituting the bloc), and a copy of the decision of the central executive body of the party (executive body of the bloc) on approval of the list of authorized representatives of the party (bloc) shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission anytime after registration of candidates for deputies included in the election list of the party (bloc). The application for registration of the authorized representatives of the party (bloc) shall contain the following: surname, name and patronymic of each authorized representative, respective election district, citizenship of the authorized representative of the party (bloc), day, month and year of birth, place of work, position (occupation), place of residence, and telephone number. Written consents of such individuals to represent interests of the party (bloc) in the respective election district shall be attached to the application.
8. No later than on the third working day after the receipt of the documents indicated in paragraph 7 of this Article the Central Election Commission shall register the authorized representatives of the party (bloc) and issue their certificates in the form stipulated by the Central Election Commission, to the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission. In the event the party (bloc) loses the status of a subject of the election process, authority of authorized representatives of the party (bloc) shall be deemed terminated at the moment of this event.
9. The representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission and authorized representative of the party (bloc) upon agreement with the owner of an enterprise, institution, and organization or a body authorized by the owner shall have the right to be released from work or service duties without preservation of their salaries since their registration by the Central Election Commission and till termination of their authority or completion of the election process.
10. Representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission and authorized representative of the party (bloc) any time before Election Day may apply to the Central Election Commission with petition to resign from his/her position.
11. Anytime before Election Day an executive body of the party (bloc) that passed a decision on approval of the candidacy of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party (bloc) may pass a decision to recall the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party (bloc) and to approve another candidacy. The respective application along with a copy of the decision and other documents shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission under the procedure stipulated by paragraphs 3 and 7 of this Article.
12. No later than on the third working day after the receipt of this application but no later than on Election Day, and immediately in the event of receiving of the application on Election Day, based on the application submitted in accordance with paragraphs 10 or 11 of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on cancellation of registration of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or the authorized representative of the party (bloc) and on registration of another individual as a representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party (bloc). A copy of the decision shall be immediately transferred to the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or sent to the address of the executive body of the party (bloc).
13. Certificate of a representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party (bloc) whose authority has been terminated before completion of the election process shall be nullified and immediately returned to the Central Election Commission.
14. A representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall have the right to:
1) be present at all meetings of the Central Election Commission during discussions of issues related to the elections of deputies, and take part in consideration thereof with the right of advisory vote: receive the agenda and materials on issues on the agenda before the meeting commence, ask questions to a speaker, make suggestions as to decisions of the Central Election Commission;
2) review content of the protocols of meetings of the Central Election Commission and its decisions, receive copies of such decisions; in the event of his/her absence at a meeting, review the documents based on which decisions were passed at the meeting;
3) immediately review protocols, telegrams, faxes and other official notices delivered to the Central Election Commission from district election commissions and foreign polling station commissions on results of the voting in the respective election district, as well as protocols of respective polling station commissions on counting of votes at the polling station, and receive copies of these documents;
4) exercise other rights of a representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission. as stipulated by this Law.
15. An authorized representative of a party (bloc):
1) shall assist a party (bloc) in its participation in the election process, including in election campaigning;
2) shall represent interests of the party (bloc) in relations with election commissions (except for the Central Election Commission), executive bodies, courts, local self-government bodies, voters, other subjects of the election process on the territory of a respective election district;
3) may participate in the meetings of election commissions within the respective election district (except for the Central Election Commission) with the right of advisory vote;
4) shall have the right to be present at a polling station during voting and at the meeting of a polling station commission during counting of votes subject to restrictions stipulated in paragraph 3 of Article 34 of this Law;
5) shall have the rights of an official observer from a party (bloc) stipulated by paragraph 7 of Article 75 of this Law;
6) shall have other rights of an authorized representative of a party (bloc) foreseen by this Law.
16. An authorized representative of a party (bloc) shall be a subject to restrictions stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 75 of this Law.
