Formation of the Central Election Commission and the Territorial Election Commissions
1. The Central Election Commission shall be formed according to the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission".
2. The Central Election Commission shall no later than eighty days prior to the day of the elections form the territorial election commission consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chair, a secretary and other members of the commission in a quantity of not less than ten persons.
3. The submission of candidacies for membership in territorial election commissions (no more than two persons to one election commission from one candidate) shall be filed to the Central Election Commission no later than eighty-five days prior to the day of elections, bearing a signature of the candidate to the post of the President of Ukraine certified according to the procedure established by law. The submission shall contain data confirming that the proposed persons have experience in the work of election commissions, relevant education or preparation. Applications of the persons proposed as members to the respective territorial commission containing their consent to participate in its work shall be attached to the submission.
4. All representatives proposed by the candidates to the post of the President of Ukraine are shall be included into the territorial election commission.
5. If submissions of candidacies for membership in the territorial election commission have not been filed within the term specified in part three of this article, or the number of persons proposed to be included in the membership of the election commission are less than ten, then the territorial election commission shall be formed by the Central Election Commission upon a submission by its chairperson, in the quantity of ten persons taking into account in a mandatory manner the candidacies submitted by candidates to the post of President of Ukraine according to part three of this article.
6. Citizens of Ukraine who are eligible to vote and who permanently reside within the territory of the respective territorial district or city, in which territory such district is located, may be included into the membership of the territorial election commission. One person may only be a member of one election commission at the same time.
7. Candidates to the post of the President of Ukraine, their authorized representatives, proxies, officials and officers of the state executive bodies and bodies of local self-government, as well as citizens who are kept in institutions under the penitentiary system or who have been convicted of a premeditated crime and such conviction has not been cancelled or lifted according to the procedure established by law, cannot be members of the territorial election commission. In case the elections of the President of Ukraine are held simultaneously with other elections, candidates who are nominated in those elections, their proxies, authorized representatives from parties (blocs) - subjects of the respective election processes cannot be included into the membership of the territorial election commission.
8. Each candidate to the post of the President of Ukraine is entitled to a proportional share of the positions of chairperson, deputy chair and secretary in the territorial election commission. Each candidate's shares of such positions shall be determined according to the number of persons proposed by him and included into the membership of territorial election commissions, taking into account the total number of persons included into the membership of the territorial election commission.
9. The chairperson, deputy chair and secretary of the territorial election commission may not be representatives of one and the same candidate for the post of the President of Ukraine.
10. The secretary of the territorial election commission must have a command of the state language.
11. Decisions on formation of the territorial election commission and its membership, along with decisions on changes in its composition made according to the requirements of this Law must be published in the mass media in the respective region no later than on the third day from the day they are taken.
