The Verkhovna Rada increased the voting time for parliamentary elections from 8:00 to 20:00 to from 7:00 to 22:00. \n \n249 parliamentarians voted for the adoption of the corresponding law on amendments to the law "On the Election of Deputies," reports Liha. \n \nEarlier, the head of the Central Election Commission, Yaroslav Davydovych, appealed to the deputies with a request to change the voting time from 8:00 to 20:00 to from 7:00 to 23:00. \n \nAccording to him, the increase in voting time is explained by the fact that during previous elections many voters were unable to vote due to polling stations closing at 20:00. \n \nAccording to the head of the CEC, most such cases were recorded in large cities. \n \nAt the same time, Davydovych urged the deputies not to fear that the vote-counting process might be prolonged due to the increase in voting time. \n \nAccording to Davydovych, due to the large number of subjects of the electoral process - 45 - preliminary results from territorial commissions will arrive at the CEC no earlier than after 24 hours. \n\nDavydovych predicts that vote counting will take place locally for no less than two days. \n \nAt the same time, Davydovych showed the deputies a sample ballot whose length equals 80 cm. He also clarified that each voter would be issued 5 ballots of the same size - including for voting for deputies of local councils. \n \n"A voter will receive five towels, only not embroidered ones," joked the head of the CEC. \n \nDavydovych also appealed with a request to support the draft law on amendments to the law "On the Election of Deputies," which proposes to grant election commissions the right to include citizens in voter lists on voting day by court decision. However, the Verkhovna Rada did not support this proposal.