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Article 59
 

Information Posters and Pre-Election Campaign Materials

1 . The Central Election Commission shall, at the expense of funds allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of the elections, no later than the thirty fifth day prior to the day of the elections, ensure the production of information posters of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine who are registered by the Central Election Commission in the quantity of five copies to each polling station. The posters must contain the pre-election programs of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine submitted by them to the Central Election Commission in connection with the registration of candidates, with an in­di­cation of the name, patronymic and surname, year of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence, and the party affiliation of the candidate, as well as a photo of the candidate. The Central Election Commission shall determine the format, size and layout of the information posters.

2. The Central Election Commission shall agree on the text of the information poster with the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine or his/her authorized representative.

3. The information posters of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine must be of the same form at, size and layout, which shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.

4. The information posters of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine in the quantity of five copies to each polling station shall, according to the procedure established by the Central Election Commission, be delivered to the respective election commissions, the remaining part - to the candidate or to his/her authorized representative. The information posters shall be delivered to the polling stations no later than thirty days prior to the day of the elections.

5. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine may, at his/her own discretion , produce pre-election campaign materials at the expense and within the limits of the campaign fund of the candidate. The party that nominated the candidate (the party that is member of the bloc that nominated the candidate) may produce print pre-election campaign materials of the candidate by using its own property. The candidate to the post of President of Ukraine may, in the same manner, produce his/her pre-election campaign materials. Information contained in these materials must comply with the requirements of law.

6. The candidate to the post of the President of Ukraine and, the party (bloc) that nominated the candidate must submit one sample of each print pre-election campaign material, produced at the expense of the campaign fund and using their own property, to the Central Election Commission no later than on the seventh day from the date of its production.

7. Print pre-election campaign material must contain information about the institution that printed the material, or a notice that the material is printed using the resources of, respectively, a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine or a party, as well as the circulation figures and information about the persons responsible for their issuance.

8. Bodies of the state executive power and bodies of self-government shall, no later than one hundred and twenty days prior to the day of the elections, provide places and equip stands and announcement boards in crowded places for the purpose of posting pre-election campaign materials.