Authorized Representative of a Candidate for President of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission

1. A candidate for President of Ukraine shall be entitled to appoint his or her authorized person to the Central Election Commission (one person) with the right of advisory vote, which shall represent his or her interests in the Central Election Commission during the election process.

2. An authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission may be appointed from among the voters. It shall not be allowed to appoint any of the following persons as an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine:

1) a member of any election commission;

2) an official of an executive power body or an officer of a prosecutor’s office, a court, law enforcement bodies, other executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, or local self-government bodies;

3) a serviceman, police officer, employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, a person of the rank and file or senior staff of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine;

4) a person who is undergoing alternative (non-military) service;

5) a person who has a criminal record 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, which has not been cleared or cancelled pursuant to the procedure established by law.

3. An application to register an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission signed by a person nominated as a candidate for President of Ukraine, may be filed with the Central Election Commission along with the application to register a candidate for President of Ukraine. An application to register an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission shall contain the following information: an authorized representative’s last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if available), his or her citizenship, day, month and year of birth, place of employment, job position (occupation), mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address, information on absence of a criminal record 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, which has not been cleared or cancelled pursuant to the procedure established by law. The application shall be appended with a photocopy of passport of a citizen of Ukraine (photocopies of the first and second pages of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse sides of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of the card), or a photocopy of the first and second pages of temporary certificate of citizen of Ukraine (for persons who have recently been granted Ukrainian citizenship).

In case technical errors and inaccuracies are found in the application to register the authorized representative of the candidate for President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission - the resolution of the Central Election Commission on representative’s registration shall contain information based on copies of passport documents.

4. No later than the third day following the receipt of the documents specified in Part three of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall register an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission and shall issue an identification document to such representative in the form established by the Central Election Commission. In case of violation of the requirements established by Parts two to three of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall refuse to register the authorized representative of the candidate for President of Ukraine. In the event of refusal of registration (cancellation of registration, withdrawal from the election), powers of an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission shall be considered terminated from the moment of adoption of the respective decision by the Central Election Commission.

5. An authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine shall have the right, from the day of his or her registration by the Central Election Commission and until the termination of his or her powers, or the completion of the election process, to be released from his or her employment-related or official duties, with suspension of salary for that period, upon agreeing with the owner of the enterprise, establishment, organization or a body authorized by the owner.

6. An authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine shall have the right to file a statement of resignation with the Central Election Commission at any time prior to the day of voting.

7. A candidate for President of Ukraine may at any time prior to the end of the election process or his or her loss of the status of a candidate for President of Ukraine recall his or her authorized representative and to endorse another person to replace the one that has been recalled.

8. On the basis of the application filed in accordance with Parts six or seven of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision to cancel the registration of an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine, no later than on the third day following its receipt, or immediately, on the day prior to the day of voting and on the day of voting. A copy of the decision shall immediately be issued to the candidate’s authorized representative, whose powers have been terminated, and sent to the address of a candidate for President of Ukraine.

9. An authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission shall have the right to:

1) be present at the meetings of the Central Election Commission during the discussion of issues pertaining to the election of the President of Ukraine and take part in the discussion of such issues with the right of advisory vote; to receive prior to a meeting its agenda and related materials, to participate in the discussions, to present proposals concerning a decision of the Central Election Commission;

2) have access to the minutes of the meetings, the stenographic record thereof, as well as the decisions of the Central Election Commission, and receive copies thereof; have access to the documents that provided the basis for decisions taken at such meeting;

3) have access to protocols, telephone, fax, or other official messages received by the Central Election Commission from the district election commissions, in particular those concerning the results of voting in the nationwide and territorial election districts, and to obtain copies thereof;

4) exercise other rights specified by this Code for an authorized representative of a candidate for President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission.