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Article 3
 

Equal Suffrage

1. The elections of the President of Ukraine shall be equal: citizens of Ukraine shall take part in them on an equal basis.

2. Each voter has one vote in the elections of the President of Ukraine. The voter may only cast his/her vote at one election precinct on the day of elections.

3. All candidates nominated for the post of the President of Ukraine shall enjoy equal rights and opportunities to take part in the election process.

4. The equality of rights and opportunities to take part in the election process is guaranteed by:

1) a prohibition of all privileges and restrictions on the candidates for the post of President of Ukraine based on race, skin colour, political, religious and other convictions, gender, ethnic and social origin, property status, place of residence, or based on language or other criteria;

2) a prohibition on interference from the side of State executive bodies and bodies local self-government in the election process, except in cases envisaged by this Law;

3) a prohibition on using other funds than funds from the State Budget of Ukraine and the election funds of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine for the purposes of financing the pre-election campaign.