Having come to work, seven election commission members of PEC #710238 in the district # 198 (the center – city Smila, Cherkassy oblast), have found out that they were replaced by other people, who are currently at the polling station.
OPORA observers managed to find out that tonight, on October 28, 2012, DEC #198 made over two hundred replacements of PEC members, and it was not informed in advance.Moreover, the meeting was held on October 27, 2012, at 11.30 pm by 15 members unbeknownst to the head and the deputy head of DEC who found out about it only in the morning today. Issues on which the meeting was held, no one can figure out yet.
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Civic monitoring conducted by 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. The public opinion, both foreign and domestic is formed through gathering and spreading of information among the target audience. From a strategic perspective public monitoring of elections focuses upon improving the system and certain procedures. In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA implements a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizes a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.