The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday banned voting in the second round of the country's presidential election by absentee certificates. \n \nIntroduced by BYuT faction member Oleh Bilorus, the law "On the Specifics of Applying the Law of Ukraine on Elections of the President of Ukraine during the Repeat Voting on November 21, 2004" was supported by 236 out of 388 deputies. \n \nAccording to the law, voting by absentee certificates on November 21 shall not be conducted. Absentee certificates issued before the day of voting and clarifications entered into the voter lists on the basis of these certificates shall be considered invalid. \n \nThe law establishes that a voter who has received an absentee certificate has the right to participate in voting at the place where he was included in the lists at his own polling station. \n \nIn addition, according to the law, voting outside the premises for voting shall not be conducted. \n\nCitizens who, due to health conditions or for other valid reasons, cannot come to the polling stations themselves must be provided by election commissions with transport, including special transport, to get to the polling stations and vote there. \n\nA ballot paper shall be issued upon the presence of 3 signatures: a member of the polling station who issues the ballot paper and 2 members of the commission representing both presidential candidates. \n\nIn the event of the impossibility of signing the ballot paper by any of these three, by decision of the precinct commission, the ballot paper may be signed by another member of the election commission. Ballot papers that lack at least one signature of commission members shall be considered invalid. \n\nA decision of a territorial election commission and precinct commissions to terminate the powers of an election commission or its member later than 2 days before the day of repeat voting shall be considered invalid. \n\nVoting at a polling station may be declared invalid exclusively by a jury court on the basis of the provisions of Article 80 of the law on elections of the president. \n\nThe law must be signed by the president and enters into force after its publication in state media. \n\nAs reported, mass voting by absentee coupons during the first round of the presidential election on October 31 was noted by observers as one of the main violations.