Powers of the Central Election Commission with Regard to Preparation and Conduct of Elections of Members of Parliament of Ukraine

1. The powers of the Central Election Commission related to preparation and conduct of the election of MPs shall be determined by this Code, the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election Commission”, and other Laws of Ukraine. 2. In addition to the powers provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election Commission”, the Central Election Commission shall:

1) convene, if necessary, on its own initiative, a meeting of a lower-level election commission;

2) control the use by election commissions (regional and territorial representations of the Central Election Commission) of resources of the State Budget by engaging staff members of respective state executive bodies for auditing thereof;

3) provide for the production and placement on the national television and radio channels of information programs for voters with an explanation of the principles and procedure of holding elections, their role in the society and in the state, voting procedures, rights and responsibilities of voters, and tools for monitoring compliance with the legislation on the election of MPs of Ukraine;

4) establish the norms and the list of equipment and inventory for the premises of the election commission and the voting premises, as well as the types of services or works that can be provided to election commissions;

5) establish the forms of election documents, approve samples of seals and signboards of election commissions, specify the procedure for the storage and submission of election documents to the relevant state archival institutions;

6) suspend the flow of funds in the accounts of the election commissions (regional and territorial representations of the Central Election Commission) opened in territorial bodies of the central executive body, which implements the state policy in the area of treasury management of the budget funds, state budget accounting, execution of budgets within time periods established by this Code;

7) register MP candidates;

8) register a party’s representative to the Central Election Commission, as well as a party’s authorized persons, authorized persons of an MP candidate;

9) directly and through its regional and territorial representations exercise oversight over the receipt and use of resources of the electoral funds of parties, and MP candidates in accordance with the procedure established by this Code;

10) make decisions granting a nongovernmental organization the right to have official observers during the election of MPs; register official observers from parties and nongovernmental organization in an out-of-country election district, and official observers from nongovernmental organizations in a nationwide district;

11) accredit official observers from foreign states and international organizations;

12) approve the form, color, and text of the ballot papers; ensure centralized printing of the required number of ballot papers, stocktaking thereof, and their distribution to the district election commissions;

13) approve the text and form of information posters and information brochures of parties that are electoral subjects for each electoral region, as well as posters clarifying the voting procedures and the liability for violating the legislation on the election of MPs; provide for the production of information posters, information brochures of parties that are electoral subjects;

14) deliver to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ballot papers, forms of other documents, seals and stamps for the delivery thereof to the precinct election commissions of out-of-country election precincts;

15) consider applications and complaints in accordance with procedures provided for by this Code and the Law of Ukraine “On Central Election Commission”;

16) establish the voting results and draws up a protocol on the voting results within the out-of-country election district;

17) exercise powers of the respective district election commission, if it does not receive, within the time frame specified by this Code, the protocol from the district election commission on the voting results in the territorial district, as well as in the case of inaction of the district election commission;

18) within three months from the date of official promulgation of the results of elections, send to the Accounting Chamber a report on the use of resources from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for preparation and conduct of elections of MPs;

19) exercise other powers provided for by this Code or by other Laws of Ukraine.