Organization and Procedure of Voting

1. During the conduct of voting at an election precinct, two members of the precinct election commission shall provide a voter with the opportunity to vote: one member of the precinct election commission, upon presentation by the voter of the documents specified in Part one of Article 8 of this Code, and if the voter is included in the voter list for the respective election precinct, shall hand the voter list to the voter for his or her signature; the other member shall enter his or her last name and initials and put his or her signature in the designated places on the counterfoils of the ballot paper, as well as writing the number under which the voter is included in the voter list for the election precinct. The voter shall certify the receipt of the ballot paper by putting his or her signature on the voter list and on the designated places on the counterfoils of the ballot paper. After that, the member of the election commission shall detach the counterfoils from the ballot paper and hand a ballot paper over to the voter. The counterfoils of the ballot paper shall be stored by the member of the commission who handed over the ballot paper. Making any other marks on the ballot papers shall be prohibited.

2. A voter shall be allowed to stay on the premises for voting only for the time necessary for him or her to vote.

3. A voter shall fill out the ballot paper personally, in a booth for secret voting. The presence of other persons in the booth for secret voting, or photo and video recording during the filling out the ballot paper by the voter shall be prohibited. A voter who, due to health reasons (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) , is unable to fill out the ballot paper without assistance, may, with consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another voter for assistance, with the exception of a member of the election commission, candidates for the President of Ukraine, their authorized persons and official observers.

4. A voter shall have no right to hand his or her ballot papers over to other persons. It shall be prohibited to receive the ballot papers from a person other than the member of the election commission in charge of handing over the ballot papers, as well as to encourage or force voters, by means of bribery, threats, or in any other manner, to hand their ballot papers over to other persons.

5. On the ballot paper for voting, the voter shall enter a "plus" symbol ("+") or any other mark that makes clear the result of the expression of his or her will in the box next to the name of a candidate for President of Ukraine he or she is voting for. A voter may vote for one candidate only.

6. Voters shall personally drop his or her completed ballot papers into the ballot box, ensuring secrecy of voting. A voter who, due to health reasons (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age), is unable to drop the ballot paper into the ballot box without assistance may, with the consent of the head or other member of the precinct election commission, ask another person to do that in his or her presence, except that he or she may not ask for assistance from a member of the election commission, a candidate for President of Ukraine, a candidate’s authorized person, or an official observer.

7. If in the course of voting a ballot box has been damaged, the head and no less than three members of the election commission representing different candidates for the President of Ukraine shall seal the box in a way that shall exclude the possibility of further dropping in or taking out of ballot papers. Such ballot box shall be kept in the premises for voting within plain sight of the election commission members and other persons who have the right to be present at the election precinct during the voting in accordance with the requirements of this Code and shall not be used until the end of voting.

8. If a voter makes a mistake when filling out the ballot paper, he or she shall have the right to immediately address the election commission member who handed over the ballot paper to him or her with a written request to hand over to him or her another ballot paper. The member of the election commission shall hand another ballot paper over to the voter in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Part one of this Article only in exchange for a spoiled ballot paper, which fact shall be noted in the voter list opposite to the voter’s name and certified by the signature of this member of the precinct election commission. A spoiled ballot paper shall be immediately invalidated as unused, and a report certifying this fact shall be drawn up. During vote counting, such spoiled and invalidated ballot paper shall be considered as unused and shall be packed together with the counterfoil into the package with unused ballot papers. Repeated handover of a ballot paper instead of a spoiled one shall not be allowed.

9. At 5 minutes to 20:00, the head of the precinct election commission shall announce that the voting will end and the election precinct will be closed at 20:00. Voters who have come to the election precinct before 20:00 for voting shall have the right to vote. To ensure the exercise of those voters’ right, one of the commission’s members shall, on instructions from the head of the precinct election commission, approach the entrance to the premises for voting and invite all voters who have not voted yet to come into the premises for voting, and shall close the door. As soon as the last voter leaves the premises for voting, the premises shall be locked, and only the election commission members and persons entitled by this Code to be present at the election commission’s meeting shall be allowed to stay inside.

10. At an election precinct established on a ship which on the day of voting will be sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine, or at Ukraine’s polar station, the precinct election commission shall be allowed to announce the end of voting prior to the term specified in Part one of Article 117 of this Code if all voters included in the voter list for the election precinct have taken part in the voting. The votes at such precinct shall be counted in accordance with the procedure established by this Code immediately after announcement of the end of voting.

11. During the day of voting, a district election commission shall provide for sending the data on a number of voters, which were issued ballot papers at an election precinct, to the Central Election Commission pursuant to the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.

12. In case the Central Election Commission decides to conduct an experiment or a pilot project using innovative technologies in accordance with Part one of Article 18 of this Code, the respective election commissions shall organize the voting procedure within the framework of such an experiment or pilot project simultaneously with the actions provided for in this Article, in compliance with the requirements of this Code.

Voters may participate in an experiment or pilot project using innovative technologies, only if they simultaneously vote in the manner prescribed by this Article.

Voters cannot be forced to participate in an experiment or pilot project using innovative technologies.