According to the information, received from a long-term observer in district #209, the police has detained a campaigner near the polling station in Nizhyn city. A young man in a T-shirt with mushroom print called people to vote. We remind, that one of candidates i this district is Valerii Borovyk (surname means "cep", edible mushroom), nominated by the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda.
The observer informed, that the young man was collecting personal data of voters when disseminating party flyers. However, police officers, upon motion of Mr. Borovyk's opponents, noticed campaign elements in his actions. The decision was based on the fact that the main message of the information campaign conducted by Vakerii Borovyk was a slogan "Vote".
In police department, the young man denied campaigning character of his activities. Nevertheless, representatives of law enforcement agencies ordered the latter to take off those T-shirt and conduct similar activities far from the polling station.
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