Around 11pm on 28 October, DEC of the ED No.170 received a phone call about the fire at Kharkiv School of the I-III levels No.97, situated at 5H Hvardiytsi Shyronintsi Street.  Head of the district commission of the ED No.170 Oleh Bondarenko was informed by phone that there was no threat for precinct commissions situated on the premises of school No.97.

OPORA correspondent Dmytro Demchenko at that time was on the first floor of the School No.97, at the station No.631433 in particular. According to him, the fire was caused by faulty wiring in the room on the second floor. This, as the correspondent noted, caused a large amount of smoke. OPORA observers didn't see any fire.

According to Dmytro Demchenko, the incident didn't affect the work of the PEC No,631433. In addition to PEC No.631433, polling stations No.631431, 631432, and 631434 are situated in the school building.

For comment, please contact:
Viktoriia Shevchuk,
Election Programmes Coordinator of the Civil Network OPORA
in Kharkiv Oblast
067 177 26 55
066 047 07 72
 

Reference

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 is carrying out a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizing 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.