The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has amended certain laws of Ukraine relating to the conduct of election campaigns. In particular, 361 people's deputies of Ukraine voted in favor of adopting the corresponding law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine," reports a proUA correspondent.
According to the amendments, the Central Election Commission must ensure the production of an equal number of information posters for parties and blocs, calculated at no fewer than 2 copies of each poster per each polling station. The production of party information posters in the manner established by the CEC is transferred to the relevant election commissions. Previously, the effective version provided that there should be 3 such copies.
In addition, it is provided that after the formation of polling stations, voter registration working groups, on the basis of the relevant refined general voter list specified in Part 13 of Article 40 of the law "On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine," shall compile voter lists at each ordinary polling station and transfer them to the relevant village, settlement, or city head, the head of a district council in a city council, or another official who, in accordance with the law, exercises their powers, in three copies on paper and in electronic form. Previously, the number of such copies was also 2.
Furthermore, according to the amendments to the law on elections of people's deputies, the names of parties on the ballot shall be placed in the order of their numbers determined by lot, which is conducted by the CEC with the participation of representatives of parties and blocs in the CEC after the completion of registration of candidates for deputies from parties before the approval of the form and text of the ballot.
In particular, the ballot shall indicate the number of each party determined by lot, the full name of the relevant party, the surnames, names, and patronymics of the first five candidates for deputies included in the party's election list; an empty square shall be placed between the number of each party and the name of that party. After the list of parties, separated from the list of parties by a continuous line, the text shall be placed: "I do not support candidates for people's deputies of Ukraine from any political party or election bloc of political parties," and an empty square shall be placed to the left of this text.
According to the amendments to the law, it is also provided that the protocol of the precinct election commission on the counting of voters' votes at the polling station, in words and figures, must also include the number of voters who took part in voting in the voting premises and the number of voters who took part in voting at their place of stay.
At the same time, according to the amendments to the law of Ukraine "On Elections of People's Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Local Councils, and Village, Settlement, and City Heads," the names of local organizations of parties and blocs on the ballot shall also be placed in the order determined by lot, which must be conducted by the territorial election commission with the participation of representatives of local organizations and parties no later than 26 days before the day of the local elections.