Basic Principles of the Election Process

1. The election process of each election provided for by this Code shall be based on principles of:

1) guarantee of the exercise of citizens’ electoral rights, as stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine and this Code;

2) compliance with the principles of suffrage laid down in the Constitution of Ukraine and this Code;

3) legality and prohibition of unlawful interference of anyone in the election process;

4) political pluralism and multi-party system;

5) public nature and transparency of the election process, all its procedures, with due observance of restrictions established by the Law, and the requirement to duly inform voters and other electoral subjects;

6) freedom of election campaigning, equal access of all candidates and subjects of their nomination in the respective election to mass media, regardless of their form of ownership, except mass media established (owned) by parties (party organizations).

7) impartial treatment of candidates and parties by the state executive bodies, bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local self-government bodies, enterprises, establishments, institutions and organizations, as well as their heads and other officials.

4. The requirements of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Personal Data Protection" regarding the notification of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights on the processing of personal data do not apply to legal relations arising during the election process, namely, the processing of personal data by election commissions, legal entities and individuals in connection with the preparation, submission and processing of documents provided for in this Code.