General Information Support of Elections

1. General information support for an election shall comprise informing the voters on:

1) the electoral rights of the citizens and the ways of exercising and protecting them;

2) the possibility for voters to check whether they or other voters have been included in the State Voter Register and in the voter lists for the election precincts and the procedures for doing so;

3) the possibility for voters to change their place of voting (election precinct) without changing their voting address and the procedures for doing so;

4) the addresses of the location of the district and precinct election commissions of the election precinct to which the voting address of a voter is assigned;

5) the address of the premises for voting, the date and time of voting;

6) the grounds and procedures for being provided with the possibility to vote at a place of temporary stay;

7) voting procedures and method for filling out a ballot paper;

8) the voters’ right to appeal against violations of their electoral rights and the procedures for doing so;

9) the liability for violating the electoral legislation;

10) other issues related to the exercise of electoral rights by citizens.

2. The Central Election Commission shall, no later than on the second day of the election process, make public on its official website the information pertaining to the general information support for the respective election and ensure its relevance.

3. To make sure the voters are duly informed, the Central Election Commission, and the respective territorial election commission shall provide for the production of posters that explain the procedure of voting and liability for violating the electoral legislation. The form, size, text and printing design of the information posters as well as the procedure for their production and delivery to precinct election commissions shall be established by the Central Election Commission.

4. The Central Election Commission may, at the expense of the state budget, produce and distribute, including by means of electronic (audiovisual) and printed mass media, information materials related to the general information support for the respective election.

5. Legislation on social advertising shall be applicable to the distribution of information materials related to the general information support for the election.