Imagine the elections with over 90% turnout. And everyone is humble, fearing the punishment. And everyone votes for the same candidate or party. It's not a dystopian fiction. It's how the voting process happens in Ukrainian prisons.

The Committee on Judicial Policy and Justice has recommended the Parliament to withdraw 13 members of the Central Election Commission, whose term of office had expired, and to vote for or against 14 candidates for members of the CEC, submitted by the President of Ukraine. The corresponding decisions were taken on 18 April meeting of the Committee.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered Draft Law of Ukraine on Making Amendments to Some Legislative Acts Aimed to Strengthen Liability for Violation of Electoral Legislation, jointly developed by Civil Network OPORA, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine voiced approval of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Aimed to Strengthen the Liability for Violation of Electoral Legislation”, which was elaborated by Civil Network OPORA in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Police, Prosecutor General’s Office, Ministry of Justice and Central Election Commission. The corresponding decision was adopted at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday,...

The draft Law of Ukraine “On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Aimed to Strengthen the Liability for Violation of Electoral Legislation” was elaborated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Police and Civil Network “OPORA” following on from the results of long-term public and expert discussions. Work on elaboration of draft law started off in 2016 with regional discussions on the results of investigation of crimes against electoral rights of citizens co...

On 13 March 2018, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), a civil society network of independent election observation organizations, and its Lithuanian member International Elections Study Center (IESC) were classified as "undesirable organizations" by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

OPORA welcomes the President's submission of new CEC candidates and insists on formation of a politically balanced election commission. The presence of a candidate from the AUU Batkivshchyna in the submission demonstrates the readiness of political subjects for a wide compromise in the appointment of CEC members.

MPs of Ukraine have considered the first 100 amendments to 12 articles of the Election Code of Ukraine #3112-1. The discussion was conducted on 21 February meeting of the Subcommittee on Elections and Referendums of the VRU Committee on the Judicial Policy and Justice. The information was reported by representatives of Civil Network OPORA.