Powers of the District Election Commission with Regard to Preparation and Conduct of Elections of MPs of Ukraine

1. A district election commission shall:

1) ensure preparation and conduct of the election of MPs in the territorial district;

2) exercise control, within the respective territorial district, of compliance with and uniform application of the legislation on the election of MPs;

3) establish the special election precincts in the cases provided for by this Code;

4) establish the precinct election commissions of the regular and special election precincts, in accordance with this Code;

5) manage the activity of the precinct election commissions;

6) convene, if necessary, on its own initiative, a meeting of a precinct election commission;

7) control providing voter lists for public review;

8) control activities of local executive bodies and local self-government bodies with regard to provision of voting premises, transport, means of communication, and equipment; within the scope of its powers, consider and decide on other issues pertaining to the material and technical support of the election of MPs within the territorial district;

9) provide for delivery to the precinct election commissions, after they have been formed, of the seals of those commissions;

10) provide for delivery to the precinct election commissions, after they have been formed, of ballot papers produced in the established form, as well as information posters, information brochures of parties that are electoral subjects, information posters clarifying the voting procedures and the liability for violations of the legislation on the election of MPs of Ukraine, as well as production and delivery of blanks of other documents in accordance with this Code;

11) provide for production of information posters clarifying the voting procedure and the liability for violations of the legislation on the election of MPs; seals of precinct election commissions, “Withdrawn” stamps, and shall deliver them to precinct election commissions, as well as provide for the production of other election documents;

12) provide the precinct election commissions with legal, organizational, methodological, and technical support, organize training for the precinct election commission members on the issues relating to preparation for the election process;

13) take into account information from precinct election commissions, local executive bodies and the bodies of local self-government pertaining to preparation and conduct of election;

14) register official observers of a party, and a nongovernmental organization;

15) consider, within the scope of their powers, submissions, applications and complaints concerning preparation for and conduct of elections within the territorial district, as well as submissions, applications and complaints concerning decisions, actions or inaction of the precinct election commissions and/or their members, and take decisions on these matters;

16) tabulate voting results in the territorial district, compile the tabulation protocols, and submit thereof to the Central Election Commission

17) invalidate the results of voting at an election precinct in cases provided for by this Code;

18) ensure delivery of election and other documents for storage to the relevant archival institution in accordance with the procedure approved by the Central Election Commission, with approval of the central executive body which implements state policy in archival matters;

19) summarize the information with regard to applications and complaints submitted to the district and precinct election commission relating to the process of election of MPs, as well as the results of their consideration; post this information on the stand for information materials of the commission for public review and submit it to the Central Election Commission pursuant to the procedure established thereby for its placement on its official website;

20) exercise other powers provided for by this Code and other Laws of Ukraine.

The powers of the district election commission specified in clauses 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18 of this Part may be exercised by the territorial representations of the Central Election Commission in case of their formation.

2. A district election commission shall begin to exercise its powers as soon as no less than two-thirds of its minimum composition, specified in Part one of Article 140 of this Code, are sworn-in at its first meeting, which shall be held no later than on the second day following the day, on which the decision establishing the district election commission was adopted.

3. The powers of a district election commission shall be terminated within fifteen days following the day of official promulgation by the Central Election Commission of the results of the election of MPs in accordance with the procedure established by this Code.

4. A district election commission shall cease to have legal personality in accordance with the procedure and within the terms prescribed by Article 35 of this Code.