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Article 89
 

Protocol of a Polling station commission on Voting Results at a Polling Station

 

1.    At its meeting, a polling station commission shall draw up the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station. The form for the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station shall be established by the Central Election Commission not later than 32 days before Election Day. The forms for protocols of polling station commissions shall be numbered by the producer enterprise. The Central Election Commission shall ensure the production of forms for protocols of polling station commissions on counting of votes at a polling station for each polling station in the amount of 100 copies in the order and terms stipulated by Article 79 of this Law for the production of ballot papers. The forms for protocols of polling station commissions on counting of votes at a polling station shall be passed to election commissions together with bullets in the order and terms stipulated by Article 80 of this Law.

 

2.    The protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station shall contain the following information entered in figures and in words:

 

1)        number of ballot papers received by a polling station commission;

 

2)        number of ballot papers produced by a polling station commission;

 

3)        number of unused ballot papers;

 

4)        number of spoilt ballot papers;

 

5)        number of voters on the voter list at a polling station (by the end of the voting);

 

6)        number of voters included into the excerpt from the voter list at a polling station for voting at the place of stay;

 

7)        number of voters included into the list of voters for voting with absentee certificates;

 

8)        number of voters who received ballot papers in premises for voting;

 

9)        number of voters who received ballot papers at the place of stay;

 

10)    number of voters who received ballot papers on the basis of absentee certificates;

 

11)    total number of voters who received ballot papers at the polling station;

 

12)    number of ballot papers found in each ballot box (with number of the box indicated);

 

13)    number of ballot papers not to be counted;

 

14)    number of voters who took part in the voting at a polling station;

 

15)    number of ballot papers recognized invalid;

 

16)    number of votes cast for the candidates for deputies on election lists of each political party (bloc);

 

17)    number of voters who did not support any candidate on election lists of political parties (blocs);

 

18)    number of absentee certificate forms received by a polling station;

 

19)    number of voters who received absentee certificates;

 

20)    number of cancelled absentee certificates.

 

3.    The protocol on counting of votes at a polling station shall be drawn by a polling station commission in the number of copies exceeding by four the number of commission members. The copies shall be numbered and have equal legal force.

 

4.    The protocol on counting of votes at a polling station shall indicate the date and time (hour and minutes) of its signing by the members of a polling station commission. Each copy of the protocol shall be signed by a commission head, deputy head, secretary, and other members of a polling station commission who were present at a commission meeting. Every commission member present at a commission meeting must sign the protocol on voting results. In the event that a commission member does not agree with the results of the counting of votes entered in the protocol, the member shall sign the protocol indicating “With dissenting opinion” next to the signature. The dissenting opinion stated in writing shall be appended to the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station. In the event that there is no signature of a commission member on the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station, there shall be a reason of the absence indicated next to his/her name. The protocol shall be signed and stamped with the stamp of a polling station commission only after it is completely filled out.

 

5.    Candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) and official observers present during the meeting of a polling station commission during the counting of votes shall have the right to sign the first and the second copies of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

 

6.    The protocol on counting of votes at a polling station must not be filled out in pencil; no corrections must be done in it without proper authorization of a polling station commission.

 

7.    If after having signing of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station but before sending of the protocol together with the election documentation to a district election commission, a polling station commission finds inaccuracies in it (a clerical error or a mistake in figures), it shall consider introducing amendments to the established results of voting at the polling station at the same meeting by means of drawing up the new protocol on counting of votes at a polling station with the elimination of the inaccuracies marked “Amended”. No re-counting of votes shall be done. The number of copies of the protocol marked “Amended” shall be equal to the number stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article and signed according to the procedure set forth in paragraph 4 of this Article. The protocol of a commission meeting shall indicate the fact of drawing up the protocol marked “Amended”.

 

8.    The first and the second copies of the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station and – if available – respective copies of the protocol marked “Amended” shall be packed in a package with a special protection system pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package shall bear an inscription “Protocol on Counting of Votes”. The third copy of the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station (protocol marked “Amended”) shall be preserved by the secretary of a polling station commission; the fourth copy of the aforementioned protocol shall be immediately posted for public examination in premises of a polling station commission. The remaining copies shall be given to every member of a polling station commission one for each.

 

9.    Candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), official observers who were present during the counting of votes at a polling station, upon their request shall be immediately provided with a copy of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station including the protocol marked “Amended”, which shall be certified by a commission head and the secretary of the polling station commission and stamped with the election commission stamp not more than one copy of each protocol for every party (bloc).

 

10.  An act shall be drawn up on giving out of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station according to the form established by the Central Election Commission. The act shall contain the list of persons who received copies of the corresponding protocol, the number of the copy, the date and time of reception of these copies, and the signatures of those persons. The act shall be signed by the head and the secretary of the polling station commission and stamped by the stamp of the polling station commission. The act shall be packaged in a packet together with the first and the second copies of the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station.

 

11.  The packages with protocols of a polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station, ballot papers, control slips and objects, lists of voters and, if available, dissenting opinions of commission members stated in writing, acts, requests, complaints, and decisions passed by the election commission shall be transferred to a district election commission immediately after the end of the meeting of a polling station commission.