Requirements to Members of Election Commissions

1. Citizens of Ukraine that have the right to vote in accordance with Article 70 of the Constitution of Ukraine may be members of an election commission.

2. Should the election process of an election and the referendum process be conducted simultaneously, a voter may be a member of only one election commission, or the referendum commission in the all-Ukrainian or local referendum.

3. The following persons may not be election commission members: candidates in the respective elections (all elections, the election processes of which are conducted simultaneously); their authorized persons, their representatives in election commissions; authorized persons (representatives) of the parties (party organizations), official observers, officials of the state executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies, judges and officers of courts and law enforcement bodies as well as citizens detained in penitentiary institutions or pretrial detention centers or those having criminal records for committing a grave or especially grave crime or a crime against citizens’ electoral rights or a corruption crime, or a crime against the foundations of the national security of Ukraine provided by Article 1111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine unless this criminal record has been cleared or cancelled pursuant to the procedure established by the Law.

4. Employees of inpatient care establishments or a penitentiary institution or a pretrial detention center may not be members of a precinct election commission established in the respective establishment or an institution.

5. An election commission which forms the respective election commission or forms its composition shall, simultaneously with the formation of this election commission or its composition, appoint the head, deputy head, and secretary of such election commission.

6. The secretary of an election commission must have command of the state language.