Global InformationForeign electoral district of Ukraine information
| Foreign electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Закордонний виборчий округ | |
| Overseas constituency for the Verkhovna Rada | |
 | |
| Region | Overseas |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2012 |
The foreign electoral district of Ukraine (Ukrainian: закордонний виборчий округ України, ЗВО) is an electoral district which unites electoral precincts situated outside the territory of Ukraine and which comprises all polling stations located inside embassies and consulates of Ukraine and inside military bases abroad, where there are Ukrainian peacekeeping contingents (Kosovo and DR Congo).[1] The responsibilities of district election commission for the Foreign electoral district are carried out by the Central Election Commission. In this district, only nationwide votings are held, i.e., presidential and parliamentary elections, as well as nationwide referendums. Local elections are not held there.
Polling station on ships under the flag of Ukraine, which are being deployed in the day of voting, and the polling station at Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica, despite actually being outside the territory of Ukraine, are included into usual electoral districts on the territory of Ukraine. A polling station on a ship is included in the district where its port of registry is located,[doc 1] and the polling station at the polar station is included in the district #223 (Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi District) where the headquarters of the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine are located.[doc 2][2]
Among diplomatic missions of Ukraine, there are not only embassies and consulates, but also missions to international organizations and honorary consulates, but there are no polling stations in them. Apart from embassies and consulates, there is a polling station at the Branch office of the Embassy of Ukraine in Argentina, which is located in the city of Santiago, Chile.
Any citizen of Ukraine without a criminal record can apply to be a member of precinct election commission in the Foreign electoral district, with exception to candidates and their representatives, governments officials, including staff of diplomatic missions.[law 1]
In November 2011 the new version of the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine" was adopted, in which the Foreign electoral district was abolished, and all its polling stations abroad were evenly distributed among electoral districts in the city of Kyiv. However, in April 2012 Constitutional Court of Ukraine recognized this innovation unconstitutional on a basis that adding foreign polling stations to electoral districts in Kyiv impedes the full reflection of the will of voters who live in Kyiv,[doc 3] so later the Foreign electoral district was brought back to the law.[law 2]
- ^ "U Henshtabi rozpovily, de zmozhutʹ proholosuvaty ukrayinsʹki myrotvortsi" У Генштабі розповіли, де зможуть проголосувати українські миротворці [The General Staff told where Ukrainian peacekeepers will be able to vote] (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "ЦВК дозволила виборчій дільниці в Антарктиді виготовити бюлетені" [CEC allowed voting ballots to be printed right at the polling station in Antarctica]. Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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