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Article 81
 

The Procedure for the Transport and Submission of Documents to the Territorial Election Commission

1. The transportation of the documents indicated in part nine of article 79 of this Law shall be carried out by the chairperson of the polling station election commission or by the deputy and two other members of this commission, who must be representatives of different candidates, escorted by an officer of bodies of the Ministry of Interior. Other members of the polling station commission, candidates, authorized persons, and official observers may also escort the transport of such documents if they wish. Other persons are prohibited from escorting such documents. It is prohibited to unseal the packages containing the election ballots and the other documentation during the transportation of the documents.

2. The protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct in the respective election district and other documents of the polling station election commission shall be submitted to the territorial election commission at its session.

3. The content of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in a special election precinct, created 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 immediately after it has been signed by the members of the polling station election commission be transmitted by the polling station election commission by technical communication means to the respective territorial election commission with a mandatory later submission to it of the first and second copy of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct and other documents indicated in part nine of article 79 of this Law.

4. The content of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in an election precinct abroad shall immediately after it has been signed by the members of the polling station election commission be transmitted by the polling station election commission by technical communication means to the respective territorial election commission with a mandatory later submission to it of the first and second copy of the protocol on the count of the votes of voters in the election precinct through bodies of the executive power in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission. Other documents, indicated in part nine of article 79 of this Law, shall be attached to it.