Powers of Territorial Election Commissions Related to Preparation for and Conduct of Local Elections
1. A territorial election commission, during the time period of exercise of its powers, shall provide for preparation and conduct of the local election, within the scope of its powers and in accordance with the procedure specified by this Code and laws of Ukraine.
2. The respective territorial election commission, which establishes the results of elections of members to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, city, rayon in the city, village, settlement councils, results of elections of the village, settlement, city mayor shall:
1) provide for preparation and conduct of the respective local elections;
2) establish territorial, multi-member election districts in accordance with this Code, and establish their boundaries and uniform numbering determines the number of seats to be distributed in multi-member districts;
3) provide legal, organizational, methodological, and technical support to the election commissions, as regards their activity relating to the election of a respective council or mayor; organize training for their members on the matters related to the election process organization;
4) registers candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor, their proxies, representatives, authorized persons of party organizations - subjects of the relevant election process and issues them certificates;
5) consider issues as regards cancellation of a decision on registration of candidates in the cases stipulated for by this Code;
6) inform the citizen about registered candidates for local councils in the respective districts, candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor;
7) approve the text of ballot papers in the respective local elections, provide for the production of ballot papers, and delivery thereof to the respective election commissions;
8) decide on matters pertaining to the use of funds for the conduct of the respective local elections, secures their intended use;
9) facilitate organizing meetings of candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of village, settlement, city mayor with voters;
10) ensure the production of forms of protocols and other election documentation, for the territorial election commission, which forms precinct election commissions – also seals, stamps, and deliver them to the respective precinct election commissions, unless the Central Election Commission establishes another procedure for their production;
11) listen to the information from election commissions, local executive bodies and local self-government bodies as regards issues related to preparation and conduct of the respective local elections;
12) monitor the provision of voter lists by precinct election commissions for general review and clarification;
13) register official observers from candidates, local organizations of parties - subjects of the election process of the relevant local elections, from nongovernmental organizations;
14) exercise control over the use of resources of electoral funds of the electoral subjects during the respective local elections;
15) exercise control of compliance with the procedure of election campaigning specified by this Code;
16) recognizes voting at a polling station as invalid based on the results of recounting of votes at a polling station in the cases and in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Code;
17) establish the results of the local council members, village, settlement, city mayors in a manner specified by the Code; provide for official promulgation of the results of the election to the respective council;
18) register elected council member, village, settlement, city mayors;
19) organize the conduct of repeat voting and a repeat local election in the cases provided for by this Code;
20) consider addresses, applications, and complaints concerning preparation for and conduct of the local election to a respective council; and take decisions on those matters;
21) ensure delivery of election and other documents for storage to the relevant state archival institution in accordance with the procedure approved by the Central Election Commission;
22) carry out, within the relevant administrative-territorial unit, control over the observance and uniform application of the legislation on local elections in the part concerning the respective local elections; convenes, if necessary, on its own initiative a meeting of the precinct election commission
23) exercise other powers provided for by this Code and other laws of Ukraine.
3. The Territorial Election Commission, which in accordance with part one of Article 255 of this Code establishes the results of the voting in the relevant local elections, during the preparation and conduct of such elections shall exercise the powers provided for in paragraphs 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20-22 of part two of this article, submits ballot papers to precinct election commissions, draws up a protocol on the results of the voting in the relevant local elections and transports it together with other election documentation to the election commission, which establishes the results of such elections:
1) village, settlement, city election commission draws up a protocol on the results of the voting in the relevant elections of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast council in territorial constituencies, part of territorial constituencies formed within the village, settlement, city (or relevant territorial community) and transfers it to the election commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the relevant regional election commission;
2) the rayon in the city election commission draws up and submits to the city election commission:
a) the protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the city council in the territorial district or its part (in the city territorial community with the number of voters 10 thousand and more) or in multi-member constituencies (in the city territorial community with the number of voters up to 10 thousand);
b) the protocol on results of voting on elections of the mayor;
3) the village, settlement, city election commission draws up and submits to the rayon election commission a protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of members of the relevant rayon council in the territorial constituency, part of the territorial constituency formed within the village, town, city (or relevant territorial community), and transmits the established results to the respective rayon election commission.
4. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, city, rayon in the cities (in cities in which city rayon councils were established), settlement, village election commissions shall inform the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Central Election Commission, the respective local councils about elected members of the councils and village, settlement or city mayors.
