Premises of Precinct Election Commissions and Premises for Voting

1. Voting shall be held in the specially allocated and equipped premises with voting booths for secret voting and places designated for handover of the ballot papers and for placement of the ballot boxes. The precinct election commission shall be responsible for the outfitting of the premises for voting.

In order to ensure appropriate conditions of personal voting for a voter with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age), at the premises for voting such a voter shall be provided with reasonable accommodation (aids) in the manner and cases specified by the Central Election Commission.

2. Local executive bodies, bodies of local self-government or other bodies (officials) exercising their powers in accordance with the Law shall provide regular election precincts with the necessary premises for voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code and the standards approved by the Central Election Commission, as well as technical assistance in equipping them.

The heads of the institutions, establishments, Ukraine’s polar station, and the captains of ships at which special election precincts were established shall provide the special election precincts with the necessary premises for precinct election commission and premises for organizing their work and conduct of voting, in accordance with the requirements of this Code and standards for equipping such premises approved by the Central Election Commission.

The heads of Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic institutions and military units (commands) deployed outside Ukraine at which out-of-country election precincts have been established shall provide the out-of-country election precincts with the necessary premises for organizing their work and conduct of voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code and standards for equipping such premises approved by the Central Election Commission.

3. The premises for voting in a small election precinct shall have an area of no less than 50 square meters; the premises for voting in a medium-sized election precinct shall have an area of no less than 75 square meters, and the premises for voting in a large election precinct shall have an area of no less than 90 square meters.

In the absence of premises with the required area within a regular, special, or out-of-country election precinct, the premises for voting at the respective election precinct may have an area smaller than the one required by the standards established by the Central Election Commission.

4. Premises of a precinct election commission and premises for voting shall correspond to the requirement of this Code, as well as the established sanitary and technical standards, state construction standards, including the requirement of an unimpeded access for persons with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) and other low mobility groups of population.

Standards for equipping premises of precinct election commissions and premises for voting shall be established by the Central Election Commission.

If the premises of the precinct election commission and the voting premises cannot be fully adapted to the needs of persons with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) and other low-mobility groups, the respective local executive bodies and bodies of local self-government, heads of institutions, establishments, a polar station of Ukraine, captains of ships where special election precincts are formed, heads of foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine, military units (formations) stationed outside Ukraine, where out-of-country election precincts are formed shall organize unimpeded access of such persons to such premises.

5. Premises for voting shall be equipped with a sufficient number of booths for secret voting. For small election precincts, the number of such booths shall be no less than two, for medium-sized election precincts the number of such booths shall be no less than four, and for large election precincts the number of such booths shall be no less than six.

The equipment in the premises for voting shall be arranged in such a way that the places for handover of the ballot papers, entrance to and exit from the booths for secret voting, and ballot boxes are placed within plain view of the precinct election commission members and other persons who are entitled under this Code to be present in the premises for voting, as well as to ensure the free movement of voters, including those in wheelchairs and other low-mobility groups.

One of the booths for secret voting must be adapted for voting by voters with health problems (due to disability, including persons on wheelchairs, temporary health disorder, age) and other low-mobility groups in accordance with the requirements established by the Central Election Commission.

6. Each election precinct shall be equipped with the sufficient number of ballot boxes - both stationary (large) and mobile (small). Ballot boxes for voting shall be made of transparent material and shall be of sizes approved by the Central Election Commission. A small election precinct shall have no less than two stationary ballot boxes; a medium election precinct shall have no less than four stationary ballot boxes; and a large election precinct shall have no less than six stationary ballot boxes. Each election precinct shall have no less than two mobile ballot boxes.

Stationary ballot boxes shall be placed in the premises for voting in a way that will ensure that voters approaching them have the possibility to walk through the voting booths for secret voting.

The procedure for producing, accounting, using, and storing the ballot boxes shall be subject to approval by the Central Election Commission.