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In Ukraine, from midnight on Saturday, October 24 the “day of silence” has arrived before voting in the local elections on October 25.
In this day Any campaign in favor of this or that candidate is prohibited by law..
This is about:
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mass political actions (rallies, rallies, processions, demonstrations, pickets),
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distribution of campaign materials,
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holding concerts,
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showing films or publishing political polls,
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distribution of extremist material and calls for the violent overthrow of the government,
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bribery of voters with goods and services,
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set up information tents,
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Public calls to vote for or against a particular candidate.
For violation of the law, a fine of 500-850 UAH is established for citizens and 850-1360 for civil servants.
The National Police called on everyone to adhere to the “day of silence”, and if violations are found, inform them.
Furthermore, the prohibition does not act on the dissemination of information about the elections themselves, calls for participation in them, as well as clarifies the legislative norms and the voting procedure.
The “Day of Silence” is necessary so that voters can think, choose candidates and vote for them independently and calmly.
On Sunday, October 25, the Ukrainians will have to decide on the mayors of the cities and the heads of the village councils. Voting will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.… Your results should be announced no later than November 6.
These will be the first council elections in the united territorial communities, also under the updated electoral legislation.
The first elections will be held in 1,439 united territorial communities. Ukrainians will elect deputies from rural communities, settlements, municipalities. There will also be regular elections of rural, settlement and city presidents (mayors) in all regions of Ukraine.
At the same time, according to the decision of the CEC, no elections will be held in 18 front-line districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. That:
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10 rural, urban and settlement territorial communities of the Bakhmutsky, Volnovakhsky, Mariupol and Pokrovsky districts of the Donetsk region;
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8 – Severodonetsky and Schastyensky districts of the Lugansk region;
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the territory of the Novoaydarskaya settlement community of the Schastyensky district in some of the polling stations, in particular No. 440265, 440266, 440271, 440272, 440277
What is special about the 2020 local elections?
The CEC identified four characteristics of the elections to be held on October 25:
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the elections will be organized on a new territorial basis;
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in the year of the next local elections, the first local community elections will be held, which are named and held together with the next ones;
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the elections of deputies to the local councils will be organized and carried out under the new electoral systems;
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Local elections involve the fulfillment of a gender quota: there must be at least two women on the list for every five candidates. Without respecting the quotas, candidates for the full list may be rejected.
New electoral systems will be used depending on the number of voters in the communities.
How electoral legislation has changed
The deputies of a village, settlement, city council (territorial communities where up to 10,000 voters live) will be elected according to the majority system relative to the majority in multi-member constituencies into which the territory of the corresponding territorial community is divided.
Each of these electoral districts may elect no less than two and no more than four deputies. First, a voter must vote for a party and then for an individual candidate from that party. In addition, a new system is being introduced for the nomination of candidates for deputies: single and territorial electoral lists. In addition, on October 25, the former will elect deputies to the councils of all levels of the communities.
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, the Interior Ministry announced the results of the violations during the election campaign in Ukraine. In total, more than 7,000 applications were received, more than 550 criminal proceedings were opened, and more than 1,500 administrative protocols were drawn up.
