In Husachivka village, Obukhiv raion, Kyiv oblast (district #94), observers have detected that ballot papers were issued without passport verification.

Issuance of ballot papers without previous passport verification is contradictory to the Article 85(3) of the Law of Ukraine on the Elections of Deputies of Ukraine: "3. During the conduct of voting at an election precinct, two members of the precinct election commission shall provide a voter with the opportunity to vote: one member of the precinct election commission, upon presentation by the voter of the documents specified, respectively, in Parts four, five, or six of Article 2 of this Law, and if the voter is included in the voter list for the respective election precinct, shall hand the voter list to the voter for his or her signature; the other member shall enter his or her last name and initials and put his or her signature in the designated places on the counterfoils of the ballot papers for the nationwide election district and for the single-mandate election district, as well as writing the number under which the voter is included in the voter list for the election precinct. The voter shall certify the receipt of the ballot papers by putting his or her signature on the voter list and on the designated places on the counterfoils of the ballot papers for voting in nationwide or single-member district. After that, the member of the election commission shall detach the counterfoils from the ballot papers and hand one ballot paper for the nationwide election district and one ballot paper for the single-member district over to the voter. The counterfoils of the ballot papers shall be stored by the member of the commission who handed over the ballot papers. Making any other marks on the ballot papers shall be prohibited.

For comment, please contact:
Ruslana Velychko,
Election Programs Coordinator
Civil Network OPORA in Kyiv oblast
+3(063)1874106