Conditions for Registration of Candidates for a Village, Settlement or City Mayor

1. A village, settlement or city election commission shall register a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor nominated by the party organization upon receipt of the following documents

1) an application for registration of a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor, signed by the head of the party organization and affixed with the party organization’s seal, or, in the case of absence thereof, with the seal of the higher-level party organization;

2) a decision of the party organization’s meeting or conference on the nomination of a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor on behalf of this organization, which shall be signed by the party organization’s head and affixed with the party organization’s seal, or, in the case of absence thereof, of the seal of the higher-level party organization and in case of nomination of a candidate for the position of mayor by a local party organization - also approved by the central governing body of the party, certified by the seal of this party (indicating the name of the central governing body of the party, number, and date of the decision, which doesn’t have to be attached);

3) a statement of a person expressing consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor, which shall also contain a person’s consent to publication of his or her biographical information and the processing of personal data of the candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor, as well as the acknowledgement of the obligation, in the event of being elected, to transfer, within one month from the day of the official promulgation of the election results, to another person, pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Law, the management of enterprises and corporate rights owned by the candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor (or indicating absence thereof), as well as the obligation, in the event of being elected, to terminate any activities or to lay down a representative mandate, which, according to the Constitution and the Laws of Ukraine, are incompatible with the mandate of a village, settlement or city mayor (on indicating absence thereof);

4) a document on making a cash deposit in accordance with Article 225 of this Code;

5) paper and electronic copies of the application form of a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor, in a form established by the Central Election Commission, which shall necessarily contain: last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), all previous last names, first names, and patronymic name and the dates of change thereof (if a person has changed his or her last name and/or first name (one of the first names or all first names), and/or patronymic name during the last five years prior to the day of his or her nomination), the day, month, year and place of birth, citizenship, the information about the educational attainment, job position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, address of place of residence, presence or absence of a representative mandate, telephone number, information on presence or absence of a criminal record, date of filling out the application and a signature of the candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor (to be filled out in printed form);

6) one photograph on paper sized 4x6 cm, and in an electronic format, of each candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor and a village;

7) photocopies of the first and second page of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse page of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of the card, of each candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor;

2. A respective village, settlement or city election commission shall register a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor nominated by self-nomination, upon receipt of a document specified by Part one of Article 8 of this Code, submitted by a candidate in person, and submission by him or her of the documents provided by clauses 4-7 of Part one of this Article, as well as the application on self-nomination as a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor signed by him or her, and the statement of his or her consent to the publication of his or her biographical information in connection with his or her participation in the local election.

3. The territorial election commission shall issue a certificate indicating the date and time of acceptance of documents, the list of accepted documents to the representative of the party organization which nominated the candidate for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor, or to the candidate who submitted the documents by self-nomination.

The documents provided for by Parts one and two of this Article shall not be considered if they were submitted after the deadline specified in Part two of Article 229 of this Code, and in this case, a respective election commission shall not make a decision thereon.

4. Persons nominated as candidates for a village, settlement or city mayor shall be held responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the data in the documents specified in clause 5 of Part one of this Article (or provided for by Part two of this Article, for persons nominated by self-nomination), filed with the territorial election commission for the registration of candidates for a village, settlement or city mayor.

5. Documents for registration of candidates for village, settlement, or city mayor may be submitted to the relevant election commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.

In this case, the documents provided for in part one of this article may be submitted in the form of electronic copies, the authenticity of which is certified by the head of the relevant party organization and/or the relevant candidate, taking into account the laws of Ukraine "On electronic documents and electronic document management" and “On electronic trust services."

If the Central Election Commission decides to use electronic services for registration of candidates, the provisions of part two of this article on the personal presentation of the document provided for in part one of Article 8 of this Code shall not apply to a candidate running by self-nomination. In this case, the documents provided for in paragraphs 4-7 of part one and part two of this article shall be signed (certified) by the relevant candidate taking into account the requirements of the laws of Ukraine "On electronic documents and electronic document management" and "On electronic trust services."