Refusal to Register a Candidate (Candidates) for Local Council Members, Candidates for a Village, Settlement or City Mayor

1. The territorial election commission shall refuse to register all candidates nominated by the party organization in the event of:

1) violation of the procedure for the nomination of candidates established by this Code, including exceeding the number of candidates, established by this Code, in the unified republican electoral list 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), candidates to a village, settlement or city council (territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters) which may be nominated by party organizations;

2) absence of at least one of the documents specified in clauses 1-5 of Part one of Article 222 of this Code, clauses 1,2,4 of Part one of Article 223, non-compliance of such documents with the requirements of this Code (including the amount of financial deposit);

3) discovery thereby of the presence of the statements in the party organization’s election program aimed at the liquidation of Ukraine’s independence, forcibly changing the constitutional order, breach of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, undermining its security, illegal seizure of state power, the propaganda of war, violence, incitement to inter-ethnic, racial, religious enmity, encroachment on human rights, liberties, and public health;

4) the nomination of candidates by the party organization that promotes communist and/or National Socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes and their symbols, with regard to which the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has made a decision declaring the party organization’s activities, name and/or symbols as such that failure to comply with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Condemnation of Communist and National Socialist (Nazi) Totalitarian Regimes in Ukraine and Prohibition of their Symbols.”

2. The territorial election commission shall refuse to register an individual candidate, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor in the event of:

1) absence of at least one of the documents with regard to a candidate for a local council, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor specified in clauses 5-12 of the Part one of Article 222, clauses 3-7 of the Part one of Article 223, part one of Article 224 of this Code, non-compliance of such documents with the requirements of this Code (including the amount of financial deposit);

1-0) violation of the procedure for nominating a separate candidate to local council candidate for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor, established by Articles 216-221 of this Code, including the prohibition of simultaneous nomination;

2) receipt of the information from the competent authority that confirms the fact of termination of citizenship of Ukraine of a candidate, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor;

3) receipt of the information from the competent authority that confirms the fact of departure of a candidate, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor abroad for permanent residence;

4) receipt from the court of a duly certified copy of a court judgment declaring a candidate for local council, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor incapacitated;

5) if a person nominated as a candidate for local council, candidate for the position of village, settlement, city mayor, has a criminal record for a serious or especially serious crime, a criminal offense against the suffrage of citizens or a criminal corruption offense, or a criminal offense against the foundations of the national security of Ukraine provided by Article 1111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, if this conviction is not expunged or removed by law order;

6) discovery of circumstances depriving a person nominated as a candidate for local council, a candidate for a village, settlement, or city mayor of the right to be elected.

3. Errors and inaccuracies found in the documents submitted for registration, if their presence is not an obstacle to understanding the content of the information, are not grounds for a refusal to register candidates for deputies, candidates for the position of the village, town, city mayor.

In the absence of information submitted for registration, which must be specified in accordance with the requirements of this Code, the relevant subject of submission of documents shall be notified immediately.

Deficiencies identified in the submitted documents may be eliminated by submitting no later than the next day after receipt of the specified notification of updated or other documents for registration of candidates for local council, candidates for the position of the village, town, city mayor.

If updated or other documents are not received within this period, the relevant documents are considered missing.

4. A decision on refusal to register a candidate for local council (candidates for local council), a candidate for a village, settlement, or city mayor shall contain the exhaustive list of grounds for such a refusal. A copy of such decision shall, no later than the next day following the day of the adoption thereof, be issued (sent) to a party organization’s representative (in the event of nomination of such person by a party organization) and a candidate for local council, a candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor (in the case of self-nomination).