Central Election Commission of Ukraine

Central Election Commission of Ukraine
Центральна виборча комісія України
(TsVK) / (ЦВК)
Tsentrvyborchkom
Emblem of the Commission
Agency overview
Formed November 1997
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters Kiev
Agency executives Volodymyr Shapoval, Chairman
Andriy Mahera, Deputy
Zhanna Usenko-Chorna, Deputy
Website
www.cvk.gov.ua
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The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (Tse-Ve-Ka); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian government.

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Mission and Authority

The Commission is vested with authority to supervise and conduct presidential, parliamentary, and local self-government elections in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian and local referendums. It issues mandatory decrees, which may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Ukraine or the High Administrative Court of Ukraine. The Commission is directly financed from the state budget of Ukraine.

The overall trust in the Central Election Commission of Ukraine in Ukraine is very low.[1]

Composition and Appointment

The Commission consists of 15 members. Each member is appointed for a 7-year term by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. Nominees are submitted by the President of Ukraine upon consultations with parliamentary factions and groups. Appointed members take an oath of office at the plenary session meeting of the parliament. All members of the commission have a higher education in law. The chairman of the commission is elected by the members of the commission through a secret voting.

The Commission elects out of its ranks the head of the Commission, deputy heads, and the secretary of the Commission.

State registry of voters

Secretariat of the Commission

Appointment

Districts

There are different electoral divisions depending on the level of elections. Before the electoral of 1997 and the installation of the Central Election Commission the country consisted of 450 electoral districts (number of parliamentarians in Verkhovna Rada). With the introduction of party voting principle the number of districts changed to 225. Each electoral district includes around 120-180 smaller electoral precincts (dilnytsi).

Beside the national level elections the country conducts local elections as well. Each region (oblast or Crimea), district (raion), urban or rural settlement (see Administrative divisions of Ukraine) has its own council (rada) amounting altogether to some 12,088 councils of various size across the nation.[2]

Members

Former members

Former members of the Commission were appointed by the parliament on December 8, 2004. This appointment was an integral part of the legislative package to resolve the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. These members supervised the repeat of the second round of the presidential elections on December 26, 2004.

Members of the Commission as of January 1, 2005 were:

Previous Members

See also

Elections in Ukraine

Presidential Elections

Parliamentary Elections

External links

References

  1. ^ Poll: Citizens have low level of confidence in CEC and Supreme Administrative Court, Kyiv Post (December 28, 2009)
  2. ^ 2010 local elections
  3. ^ Ukraine's parliament refuses to appoint Karpuntsov member of Central Election Commission, Kyiv Post (January 21, 2010)
  4. ^ Nation’s law enforcers have dismal track record, Kyiv Post (December 11, 2009)