Procedure of Registration of Candidates to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Candidates for Oblast, Rayon, Rayons in the City, City, Village or Settlement Councils (for territorial communities with 10,000 or more voters)

1. The candidates included in the party organization’s unified electoral list and territorial electoral lists shall be registered by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, city, village or settlement election commissions upon receipt by the respective election commission of documents provided for by Article 222 of this Code.

2. The submission of documents to the respective election commission for registration of candidates shall end thirty days prior to the date of voting.

3. Should a person included in the party organization’s unified electoral list and the respective territorial electoral lists fail to submit, as of the day of filing an application by the party organization with the by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, city, village or settlement election commission on the registration of candidates, a statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate for that party organization, he or she shall be deemed excluded from the party organization’s electoral list as of the day of submission of the party organization’s application? A statement of consent submitted by such a person after submission of the aforementioned party organization’s application for registration of the candidates shall not be accepted.

4. A person included in the party organization’s unified electoral list and territorial electoral lists may withdraw his or her statement of consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate, prior to the day of registration of him or her as a candidate. Such person shall, in person, file with by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, city, village or settlement election commissions, an application on withdrawal of his or her statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate from the respective party organization notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notaries.” Such person shall be deemed excluded from the party organization’s unified electoral list and respective territorial electoral lists as of the moment of receipt by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, city, village or settlement election commission of the statement of withdrawal of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from that party organization. The respective election commission shall notify the party organization that nominated the candidate in writing of the receipt of a statement of withdrawal no later than on the day following the day of the receipt of the statement of withdrawal. A statement of consent submitted by a person who has previously withdrawn consent to be nominated as a candidate by the party organization shall not be accepted.

5. If it becomes known that a person has been included in the electoral lists of several party organizations, the authorized representative of the election commission shall, no later than on the next day following the day when such information has become known, address the said person with the requirement to file, in person, with the election commission a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as candidate only from one party organization, which shall be notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “About Notaries.”

Should a person file a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from the respective party organization, such person shall be deemed excluded from the unified electoral list and respective regional electoral lists of other party organizations.

Should a person fail to submit a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from the respective party organization within two days following the day of receipt of the respective address, such person shall be excluded by a decision of by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, city, village or settlement election commissions from electoral lists of all party organizations in which he or she has been included.

6. Within five days of the receipt of the party organization’s application on registration of candidates and the documents appended thereto, the territorial election commission shall make a decision on registration of candidates, or on refusal to register candidates.

7. The list and sequence of candidates in the unified electoral list, as well as the list of candidates in each territorial electoral list, determined by the party organization, may not be changed after the documents for a candidate registration have been filed with the territorial election commission. The order of candidates in the regional electoral list may be changed only based on the voting results under conditions and in accordance with the procedure specified by Parts one and two of Article 259 of this Code.

8. In the event of registration of candidates, the party organization’s representative in the territorial election commission shall be presented with a copy resolution on the candidate’s registration, no later than within three days after the adoption of the decision on the candidate’s registration, together with identity cards of the candidate in a form established by the Central Election Commission.

The decision on registration of candidates shall be posted within three days from the date of its adoption by the relevant election commission on its official website (if available), websites of relevant local councils (if available) or in another manner determined by these commissions and/or on a stand—official materials of the commission.

Information on registration of candidates for local council in a single constituency with an indication of the subject of nomination, ordinal number of the candidate, surname, first name (all proper names), patronymic (if any), date, month, year of birth, information on citizenship, education, party affiliation, position, place of work (occupation), place of residence, presence (absence) of arrears of child support, the total amount of which exceeds the amount of the relevant payments for six months from the date of presentation of the executive document for enforcement, territorial election number the constituency to which the candidate belongs, and the ordinal number of the candidate in the relevant territorial electoral list of each candidate (except for the first candidate) shall be submitted for publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure established by it.