How not become confused about an election ballot? What you better know before the voting? 28 seconds of OPORA's social video will help you to make a conscious choice.

  If want to know which electoral violations have committed candidates and other electoral subjects. If you have noticed and recorded a violation but don't know what to do next. We invite you to use OPORA's Map of Violations “2015 Local Elections” and contribute to fair election process.  

 Civil Network OPORA conducts citizen observation of local elections in Ukraine, scheduled for 25 October 2015. Civic monitoring conducted by OPORA - is a type of network activity, aimed at impartial assessment of the preparation and conduct of elections, as well as preventing electoral violations through comprehensive civic action. 144 long-term observers were deployed to all Ukrainian regions on 5 September, and 3000 short-term observers will join them on the election day.

In October 2015, 27 parties have launched active election campaigns in Ukrainian regions. However, only 6 parties covered more than a third part of oblasts by their campaign efforts. Local party cells and candidates successfully challenged candidate registration refusals in courts to restore their electoral rights. As for major violations, each candidate from parties-electoral subjects applied illegal campaigning, misuse of administrative resources, and indirect voter bribery. Although such i...

On 16 October at 11:00 a.m., OPORA is holding a press-conference dedicated to the active stage of local election, the most widespread violations, and major trends in a one week before the end of campaign. The event will be held in press-center of the Ukrinform Information Agency (8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., Kyiv).

  Civil Network OPORA continues developing handy and open election monitoring resources. Now, every owner of a smartphone, tablet, smartbook, or netbook on Android OS may have a user-friendly instrument that each qualified observer and active voter should have for the upcoming local elections. Download 'Local Elections' app for Android on website or Android Play Store.  

It's 1.5 months after the Law on Local Elections was adopted, and the citizens are still unaware of its major innovations. They still hope they can vote for the certain candidates They are confused about new ballots, and they don't understand why one district may elect two and more candidates and another – none. These facts became known thanks to the research conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on OPORA's request. There are only two weeks left to improv...

 The study was conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) by the request of OPORA whithin the period from the 31st of August to the 9th of September. During the study 7 focus group discussions with voters were conducted in the following locations: Kyiv,  Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region; Kherson and Darivka village, Kherson region; Rivne and Dubno, Rivne region. In focus groups in regional centers participated men and women aged from 20 to 70 years old, i...