According to the information provided by OPORA's long-term observer in district #208, representatives of precinct election commissions violated the election legislation during the vote counting process. The activist managed to record a video on which a members of the PEC stamps a re-written protocol.
Similar corrections of technical mistakes which were made during the ballot transfer, could be observed almost everywhere. Members of different PECs in Chernihiv were rewriting protocols even in front of cameras. Moreover, protocols were rewritten right in the DEC.
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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 violations through comprehensive civic action. Professional monitoring at all stages of the election process indirectly influences the quality of the campaign. The public opinion, both foreign and domestic is formed through gathering and spreading of information among the target audience. From a strategic perspective public monitoring of elections focuses upon improving the system and certain procedures. In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA implements a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizes a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.