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Article 163
 

Information Brochures of Parties that are Electoral Subjects


1. The Central Election Commission shall, at the expense of the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for preparation and conduct of the election, provide for the production of information brochures for each party that is an electoral subject.


2. An information brochure of a party that is an electoral subject must present the election program of the party (having volume no more than 7800 printed characters) submitted thereby during the registration of MP candidates, as well as the nationwide and all regional electoral lists of the party, as well as the photographs of all candidates included in the regional electoral lists.


A nationwide electoral list, which is presented in the party’s information brochure, shall contain the information on each MP candidate’s ordinal number in the nationwide electoral list, his or her last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), as well as the electoral region, in the regional electoral list of which he or she has been included, as well as the ordinal number of the MP candidate in that list.


Regional electoral lists of MP candidates, which are presented in the information brochures of the party that is an electoral subject, shall contain the information on each MP candidate included in the respective regional electoral list, including the MP candidate’s ordinal number in the regional electoral list, his or her last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), the day, month and year of birth, information on educational attainment, job position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, place of residence, as well as photographs of all candidates included in the respective regional electoral list.


3. The form, size, and printing design of the information brochures of the parties that are electoral subjects, as well as the procedure for their manufacturing and delivery to the precinct election commissions shall be established by the Central Election Commission.
Information posters shall be produced in accessible formats that allow voters with health problems (due to disability, temporary health disorder, age) to view them with the use of reasonable accommodation.


4. The Central Election Commission shall agree the text of the information brochure with a representative of the party that is an electoral subject in the Central Election Commission.


5. The Central Election Commission shall provide for the production of information brochures of the parties that are electoral subjects, on the basis of five copies of each brochure for each election precinct, as well as for each district election commission.


6. Information brochures of the parties that are electoral subjects shall be delivered to the respective precinct election commissions together with the ballot papers.


7. Information brochures of the parties that are electoral subjects shall be used for voter information in the premises for voting, including on the day of voting, as well as for the voting at the place of voters’ stay.


8. The responsibility for the storage of information brochures of the parties that are electoral subjects shall be entrusted to the precinct election commissions.