This year within the framework of long-term elections monitoring campaign, OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Why is public monitoring important? And what can change the presence of public observer at polling stations?

The first meeting of National Council on the establishment and operation of condominiums, created by the Government on 14 March this year as a temporary advisory body of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, took place in late April.

15 May, together with this year's external independent testing begins the public observation of its conduction, traditionally realized by the Civil Network OPORA.

28 April the Central Election Commission formed 225 regular election districts, therefore, a process of territorial election organization came to an end. Observers of the Civil Network OPORA analyzed their boundaries, and as a result they ascertain that the effectiveness of creation of new 52 election districts (20%) is doubtful. When forming some election districts, territorial communities were unreasonably divided between different units (27 districts, 12% incidents).

Civic monitoring, as conducted by the Civil Network OPORA - is a type of network activity, aimed at impartial assessment of the preparation and conduct of elections, as well as preventing violations through comprehensive civic action. Professional monitoring at all stages of the election process indirectly influences the quality of the campaign. Public opinion, both foreign and domestic, is formed through gathering and spreading of information among the target audience. From a strategic per...

25 April the Civil Network OPORA presented an observation campaign to be conducted during the elections of people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and results of the first monitoring report.

25 April at 11am in the Information Agency "Ukrainian News", Esplanadna St. 20, will be held a press-conference of the Civil Network OPORA "First results of public observation - candidates' false start." Observers' plans: methods, scale, work tools. Standpoint of the Civil Network OPORA concerning resonance decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and assessment of the CEC resolutions on the number of electoral districts in ARC, Ukrainian oblasts, Kyiv and Sevastopol ...

9 April was held a meeting of the Central Election Commission, by the results of which was taken a decision on single-mandate election districts in Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, cities Kyiv and Sevastopol.