The Procedure for Production of Ballot Papers
1. The Central Election Commission shall provide for the centralized production of ballot papers by state-owned printing enterprise no later than 7 days before Election Day on the basis of agreement concluded by it with such printing enterprise.
2. The enterprise producing ballot papers shall ensure strict compliance with ordered number of ballot papers published, their accounting and transferring to customer according to the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.
3. Technical waste, printing spoilage, as well as printing forms shall be destroyed according to the procedure and within the time period stipulated by the agreement for ballot papers production.
4. Control of publication of ballot papers at the producer enterprise, compliance with requirements as to destroying printing forms, technical waste, printing spoilage shall be performed by a control commission established by the Central Election Commission upon submission of parties (blocs), which have their factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, no later than on the day of approval of a ballot paper form.
5. Ballot papers shall be received by the Central Election Commission in wrapping by the producer enterprise according to a form established by the Central Election Commission. Acts of transferring of ballot papers with indication of the number of the ballot papers received shall be posted on the official web site of the Central Election Commission no later than on the next day after signing of each act. Consolidated information from the acts of transferring of ballot papers on the number of the ballot papers produced for each territorial election district shall be published under the same procedure no later than two days before Election Day.
6. At the special polling station established on a vessel navigating on Election Day under the State Flag of Ukraine or at a polar station of Ukraine ballot papers can be produced as an exception, upon permission of the Central Election Commission by the polling station commission. Such permission may be granted no later than three days before Election Day based on submission of the respective district election commission, indicating the number of the polling station, created on a vessel or a polar station, name of the vessel or polar station, and time when the respective vessel departed from the last port within the territory of Ukraine. After the permission is granted, the ballot papers produced for such polling station based on order of the Central Election Commission shall be cancelled by the Central Election Commission (if such ballot papers have not been transferred to a district election commission) or by a district election commission under the procedure stipulated by this Law, which should be witnessed by the act completed in a form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this law. This act should be taken into account by the Central Election Commission when drawing up a protocol on results of the elections or by the district election commission when drawing up a protocol on voting results within the territorial election district.
7. In case of cancellation of the decision on registration of all candidates for deputies from a party (bloc) after the ballot papers have been published, but more than ten days prior Election Day, the Central Election Commission shall make a decision to produce new ballot papers. New ballot papers shall be published under the procedure stipulated by this Law. New ballot papers shall be produced on a paper of different color.
8. If a decision on cancellation of the registration of all candidates for deputies from the party (bloc) is taken 10 days prior to or less than ten days prior to Election Day, the Central Election Commission shall pass a decision to make changes to the ballot papers. Such changes to the ballot papers shall be made by polling station commission members using the respective stamp under the procedure stipulated by paragraphs 15 – 18 of Article 80 of this Law. It is prohibited to make changes of the ballot paper without a decision of the Central Election Commission. Each voter shall be informed on changes made in the ballot paper when the ballot paper is issued to him/her.
9. The form of a stamp, which is referred to in paragraph 8 of this Law, shall be approved by the Central Election Commission no later than 35 days prior to Election Day. District election commissions shall ensure production of such stamps no later than 10 days prior to Election Day. The stamps shall be transferred to polling station commissions together with the ballot papers.
10. A ballot paper that was not changed accordingly as it is referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article, shall be deemed invalid. The ballot paper, which was changed without decision of the Central Election Commission or in defiance of the said decision, shall be deemed invalid.
11. Individuals guilty of illegal spoilage of ballot papers, shall reimburse the damage caused under the procedure stipulated by law.
