Election Process of the President of Ukraine

1. The election process shall include the following stages:

1) nomination and registration of candidates for the President of Ukraine;

2) establishment of district and precinct election commissions;

3) election campaigning;

4) establishment of special election precincts that shall exist on a temporary basis;

5) compiling voter lists, their verification and correction;

6) voting on the day of voting in the election of the President of Ukraine;

7) vote counting, establishing the results of the voting on the day of election of the President of Ukraine and their official promulgation;

2. If necessary, the election process may also include the following stages:

1) repeat voting;

2) vote counting, establishing the results of repeat voting of the President of Ukraine and their official promulgation.

3. Stages provided for by Part two of this Article shall take place only in the cases provided for by this Code.

4. The election process shall terminate in fifteen days following the day of official promulgation by the Central Election Commission of the results of election of the President of Ukraine, or on the day of the official publication of the submission of the Central Election Commission filed with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with regard to calling a repeat election of the President of Ukraine.

5. Powers of district and precinct election commissions may extend beyond the time period of the election process.