The Protocol of the Polling Station Election Commission on the Count of the Votes of Voters
1. The polling station election commission shall at its session complete the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct according to the form established by the Central Election Commission.
2. The polling station election commission shall enter the following information in words and figures into the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct:
1) the number of election ballots received by the polling station election commission;
2) the number of voters included in the list of voters in the election precinct;
3) the number of unused election ballots;
4) the number of voters who received election ballots;
5) the number of voters who participated in the vote in the election precinct;
6) the number of election ballots deemed void;
7) the number of votes cast for each candidate to the post of President of Ukraine; and
8) the number of voters who did not support any candidate to the post of President of Ukraine.
3. The polling station election commission shall complete the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in election precinct in a number of copies that exceeds the number of persons who are members of the polling station election commission by four. The copies of the protocol shall be enumerated and shall have equal legal force.
4. The protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct shall contain the date and time (hour and minutes) when the members of the polling station election commission signed it. The chairperson, the deputy chair, the secretary and other members of the polling station election commission present at the session of the commission shall sign each copy of the protocol. If a signature of a member of the polling station election commission is missing, the reason for the absence of the signature shall be indicated in the protocol opposite his/her name. The protocol shall be certified with the seal of the polling station election commission. Candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, their proxies and official observers, who were present during the count of the votes of voters, shall have the right to sign the first copy of the protocol.
5. It is prohibited to complete the protocols on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct with pencil, as well as to make any correction to it without an appropriate decision of the commission.
6. If the polling station election commission reveals any inaccuracy (a typo or mistake in figures) after the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct in the respective district has been signed, it shall at the same session consider the issue about entering the changes to it by compiling a new protocol, which shall be marked with the note "Corrected". Ballots shall in this case not be recounted. A protocol marked with "Corrected" shall be completed in the number of copies specified in part three of this article.
7. The first and the second copy of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct, and if such exist - also the respective copies of the protocol with the note "Corrected", shall be packaged. The package shall be marked with the inscription "The protocol on the count of votes", and with an indication of the number of the territorial district, the number of the election precinct, and the date and time of packaging, and it shall be signed by the members of the polling station election commission present and verified with the seal of the commission. The secretary of the polling station election commission shall keep the third copy of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct, the forth copy of the mentioned protocol shall immediately be posted for public familiarization in the premises of the polling station election commission, while the rest shall be distributed to the members of the polling station election commission, one copy to each.
8. Candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, their proxies and official observers, who were present during the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct, shall at their request immediately be issued copies, mentioned in this article, of the protocol certified by the chair and the secretary of the polling station election commission and with the seal of the commission, in the amount of no more than one copy of each protocol per candidate and per official observer.
9. The packages with the protocols of the polling station election commission on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct, election ballots, control coupons and objects, lists of voters, and, in case such exist, dissenting opinions of members of the election commissions executed in written form, acts, statements, complaints, and decisions adopted by the commission, shall immediately after the end of the session of the commission be transferred to the territorial election commission.
