Procedure for Transportation and Delivery of Election Documents to Territorial Election Commission
1. Transportation of documents specified in Part ten of Article 251 of this Code shall be transported by the head or the deputy head of the precinct election commission and two other members of this election commission representing different subjects of nomination to the relevant precinct election commission. During the transportation of election documents, members of the precinct election commission are accompanied by police officers and, if necessary, at the request of the territorial election commission, by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, who must provide security during transportation. Other members of the precinct election commission not engaged in the transportation of election documents, candidates, their proxies, authorized persons of local party organizations, official observers may also accompany the transportation of such documents at their request. Other persons shall be prohibited from accompanying the transportation of the election documents. Unpacking the packages with the ballot papers and other election documents during transportation shall be prohibited.
If simultaneously with the local election other elections are held, such as presidential, parliamentary elections or a national referendum the election documents related to such local election shall be transported to the respective territorial election commission by members of the precinct election commission who will not participate in transporting the election documents related to the presidential, parliamentary elections or a national referendum.
If the election precinct held voting simultaneously for several types of local elections, for which the precinct election commission need to transport election documents provided for in this article to different territorial election commissions, the precinct election commission shall decide on the appointment of at least three members of the commission - representing different subjects of nomination to the relevant precinct election commission responsible for transportation and transfer of election documentation to each territorial election commission to which transportation will be carried out.
Transportation of election documentation to the relevant territorial election commissions is carried out immediately after drawing up protocols on the counting of votes from all local elections in all constituencies in which voting was organized by the precinct election commission.
2. A precinct election commission of the election precinct established in the territory of a village, settlement, the city shall deliver to the village, settlement, city election commission the following:
1) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district;
2) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the members of a rayon council in the territorial election district;
3) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members, of respectively, village, settlement, city council in a territorial district (a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in a multi-member district (a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);
4) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the village, settlement, and city mayor, respectively.
3. A precinct election commission of the election precinct established in the territory of a city with rayon division in which city rayon councils were not established, shall deliver the protocols as follows:
1) to a city election commission:
a) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district;
b) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the members of a rayon council in the multi-member election district.
2) to a city rayon election commission:
a) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members, the city council in a territorial election district (a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in a multi-member election district (a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);
b) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the city mayor.
4. A precinct election commission of the election precinct established in the territory of a city rayon in which city rayon councils were established, shall deliver the protocols as follows:
1) to a city election commission:
a) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast council in the territorial election district;
b) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the members of a rayon council in the multi-member election district.
2) to rayon in the city election commission:
a) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of members, the city council in a territorial election district (a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters) or in a multi-member election district (a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters);
b) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of city mayor;
c) a protocol on vote counting at the election precinct in the election of the members of rayon in the city council in the multi-member election district.
5. The protocol on vote counting at the election precinct and other documents of the precinct election commission shall be handed over to the respective territorial election commission at its meeting at its meeting by the members of the precinct election commission who transported the election documentation in accordance with part one of this article.
6. During the transportation of election documents, the seal of the precinct election commission and blank forms of protocols of the precinct election commission on the counting of votes at the election precinct shall be kept in a safe (metal cabinet) on the premises of the precinct election commission.
If the relevant territorial election commission decides to correct the identified shortcomings by drawing up a protocol on the counting of votes at the election precinct marked "Corrected," the precinct election commission shall consider amending the relevant protocol at its meeting and drawing up a protocol marked “Corrected” after the return of the members of the commission who carried out the transportation of election documents, within the period determined by the territorial election commission. The protocol marked "Corrected" shall be transported to the territorial election commission immediately after its drawing up in accordance with the procedure specified in this article.
