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Article 66
 

Authorized Representatives of Candidates to the Post of President of Ukraine

1. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine registered with the CEC shall have the right to delegate one authorized representative to the CEC who shall represent his/her interests at the CEC during the election process and hold the right to an advisory vote.

2. A citizen of Ukraine who has the right to vote may be the authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission. A member of an election commission, an offal of bodies of the executive power or bodies of local self-government, a military serviceman, a serviceman from the rank or commanding staff of bodies of the interior of Ukraine or the Security Service of Ukraine, or a person, who undergoes alternative (non-military) service may not be the authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine.

3. The application for registering a person as authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, signed and certified in accordance with the procedure established by law, shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission alongside the application for registration of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine. The name, surname and patronymic of the authorized representative, his/her citizenship, the day, month and year of birth, the place of work, the occupied position (occupation), the place of residence and the telephone number shall be indicated in the application for registration of the authorized representative of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine. The written consent of this person to represent the interests of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission shall be attached to the application.

4. The Central Election Commission shall no later than the third working day after the receipt of the documents indicated in part three of this article register the authorized representative of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission and issue him/her a certificate according to the form established by the Central Election Commission. In case the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine is denied registration (registration cancelled) the powers of the authorized representative of the candidate in the Central Election Com­mission shall be considered terminated from the moment the indicated circumstances occur.

5. The authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine shall have the right from the day he/she is registered by the Central Election Commission till the termination of his/her powers or the completion of the election process to be released from his/her work or service duties without preservation of salary with the consent of the owner of the enterprise, institution, organization or a body authorized by him.

6. The authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine shall have the right at any time prior to the day of elections to address the Central Election Commission with an application to terminate his/her powers.

7. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine may at any time prior to the day of elections or the day of repeat voting take a decision to recall his/her authorized representative and delegate another candidacy in stead of him/her. The relevant application together with a copy of the decision and other documents shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure established in part three of this article.

8. Based on an application submitted in accordance with part six and seven of this article, the Central Election Commission shall no later that the third working day after its receipt, or if submitted on the eve of the day of elections - immediately, take a decision on cancelling the registration of the authorized representative of the candidate. A copy of the decision shall be issued to the authorized representative of the candidate or sent to the address of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine.

9. The certificate of the authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, whose powers have been terminated prior to the end of election process, shall be returned to the Central Election Commission immediately.

10. The authorized representative of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in the Central Election Commission shall be entitled:

1) to be present at all sessions of the Central Election Commission during discussions of issues related to the elections of the President of Ukraine and to participate in the discussion of them with the right of an advisory vote;

2) to familiarize him/herself with the content of the minutes of the sessions of the Central Election Commission, its decisions, and the documents and materials based on which these decisions were taken, and to receive copies of these decisions;

3) to immediately familiarize him/herself with the protocols, telephone messages, and other official information which arrive to the Central Election Commission from territorial election commissions about the results of the vote in the respective territorial election district, as well as with the protocols of the respective polling station election commissions about the count of the votes in the election precinct; and

4) to other rights envisaged by this Law.