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Article 24
 

Formation of Polling Station Election Commissions

1. A polling station election commission shall be formed by the respective territorial election commission no later than thirty-five days prior to the day of elections, consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chair, a secretary and other commission members.

2. The number of members of a polling station election commission shall be no less than twelve persons. In election precincts At polling stations where the number of voters does not exceed fifty persons, a polling station election commission may be formed consisting of a chairman chairperson, a deputy chairman chair and two to four members of the commission.

3. The proposal of candidacies (no more than two persons to one election commission from one candidate) for membership in election commissions of ordinary election precincts, as well as of special election precincts formed in stationary medical institutions, and institutions under the penitentiary system, shall be submitted to the respective territorial election commission no later than forty-five days prior to the day of election, bearing the signature of a proxy of the candidate to the post of the President of Ukraine certified by the chairperson of the respective territorial election commission, or according to another procedure established by law.

4. A polling station election commission at a special election precinct formed on board a vessel at sea under the State Flag of Ukraine on the day of elections, or at a polar station of Ukraine, shall be formed by the territorial election commission according to the place of registration of the vessel or polar station based on a submission by the captain of such vessel or , the head of the station, which may be transmitted by technical communication means within the term envisaged by part three of this article.

5. Polling station election commissions at an election precinct abroad shall be formed by the Central Election Commission based on proposals of candidates to the post of President of Ukraine (no more than three persons per precinct from one and the same candidate), provided they are available, and upon submissions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

6. If a special election precinct is formed on the exceptional basis pursuant according to part ten of Article 20 of this Law, the polling station election commission shall be formed by the Central Election Commission concurrently with the formation of the election precinct based on a submission from the territorial election commission. The territorial election commission shall notify the proxies the proxies of all registered candidates to for the post of the President of Ukraine in the respective territorial district about the preparation of the submission to the Central Election Commission concerning the formation of a special election precinct and shall suggest s them to file, within the terms established by the territorial election commission, their submissions regarding candidacies to the membership of the polling station election commission according to in accordance with the order set forth procedure established in by this article.

7. The submission of candidacies to the membership of polling station election commissions shall contain data confirming that the proposed persons have experience in the work of election s 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.

8. All representatives proposed by the candidates to the post of the President of Ukraine shall be included into the membership of the polling station election commission.

9. If no submissions concerning the membership of the polling station election commission were filed within the term established in part three of this article, or if the number of persons proposed to be included into the membership of the polling station election commission is less than twelve, the polling station election commission shall be formed by the territorial election commission upon a submission from its chairperson in the quantity of twelve persons taking into account in a mandatory manner all the candidacies submitted by the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine according to part three of this article.

10. Voters permanently residing within the territory of the respective territorial district or in the city, on which territory such district is located, may be included into the membership of the polling station election commission. A voter may only be a member of one election commission at the same time.

11. The candidates to the post of the President of Ukraine, their authorized representatives, proxies, officials and officers of state executive bodies and bodies of local self- government, as well as citizens who are kept in institutions under the penitentiary system or have been convicted of a premeditated crime and such conviction has not been cancelled or removed according to the procedure established by law, cannot be members of polling station election commissions.

In case the elections of the President of Ukraine are held simultaneously with other elections, candidates who are nominated in those elections, their proxies and , authorized representatives from parties (blocs) - subjects of the respective election processes cannot be included into the membership of the polling station election commission.

12. Each candidate to the post of President of Ukraine shall be entitled to a proportional share of the positions of chairperson, deputy chair and secretary in the polling station 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 polling station election commissions, taking into account the total number of persons included into the membership of the poling station election commission.

13. The chairperson, deputy chair, and secretary of the polling station election commission may not be representatives of one and the same candidate to for the post of President of Ukraine.

14. The secretary of the polling station election commission must have a command of the state language.

15. Decisions on the formation of a polling station 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.