On February 22, 2004, elections of a deputy of the district council were held in the Markivskyi electoral district of Horokhivskyi raion, reports the press service of the Volyn branch of the CVU. The territorial commission registered 2 candidates for the position of deputy of the district council: the head of the Horokhivska raion state administration, Yurii Horbenko, and entrepreneur Valentyn Skuba, supported by the UNP. On voting day, observers of the Volyn branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine worked in the district. During their observation, they recorded repeated violations of the voting procedure: issuing ballots to voters without presentation of an identity document (Art. 43, para. 2 of the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of Deputies of Local Councils and Village, Settlement, City Heads"), voting in booths by two or more persons (Art. 44, para. 2). Also, during the visit of the mobile ballot box, voters were issued ballots without presentation of an identity document. Also, as stated in the CVU, all applications for voting at home were not written by hand, but were typed on a typewriter. Acts and statements were drawn up regarding these and other violations, which were registered by the election commission. Law and order on voting day was ensured by 3 representatives of law enforcement agencies, who were in the designated premises and did not interfere in the work of the district commission. After the completion of voting, the results of the Markivskyi electoral district of polling station No. 21 were announced: 3 ballots were declared invalid, 3 did not support any candidate, 402 votes were given to "For" Horbenko I.M., 20 to "For" Skuba V.M.