OPORA's observer reported that he wasn't allowed to sign the control sheet when ballot boxes were sealed on preparatory meeting at polling station #321253 in Brovary.

The polling station is located in a gym of the high school named after S. Oliinyk (3 Krasovskoho St.).

Civil Network OPORA states that it's a procedural violation, and informs that, according to the Article 84(4) of the Law of Ukraine on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, such actions of the Commission are against the Law: "The head of the precinct election commission shall make each ballot box at the election precinct, one by one, available for individual examination by members of the precinct election commission, MP candidates present, their proxies, authorized persons of parties, official observers, and mass media representatives, announcing the number of each box. As soon as a ballot box has been examined, it shall be sealed or, if that impossible, affixed with the seal of the precinct election commission; after that, a control sheet shall be dropped into the ballot box, with the indication of the number of the single-mandate district, the number of the election precinct, the number of the ballot box, the time when the control sheet was dropped into the ballot box, and with the signatures of all precinct election commission members present, as well as of any MP candidates, their proxies, parties’ authorized persons, and official observers wishing to sign it. The signatures shall be affixed with the seal of the election commission. As soon as the control sheet has been dropped into the ballot box, the head of the election commission shall provide the next ballot box for examination, repeating the same procedure. After sealing or affixing the commission seal to the last ballot box, dropping a control sheet into it and placing the stationary (large) ballot boxes at the places assigned for them, the premises for voting shall be deemed to be ready for conducting the voting. Mobile (small) ballot boxes shall be placed in the premises for voting with their slots for putting in the ballot papers downwards, within plain view of the members of the election commission and other persons present in the premises for voting in accordance with the requirements of this Law."

For comment, please contact:
Ruslana Velychko,
Electoral Programs Coordinator at Civil Network OPORA
in Kyiv oblast
063 187 41 06
 
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 electoral violations through comprehensive civic action.
Starting from September 2014, Civil Network OPORA conducts a large-scale observation of special parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The organization will attract 213 long-term observers in every region of Ukraine to monitor the campaign from its official start to announcement of the final election results. On the Election Day on May 26, more than 2,000 activists will join them to conduct statistically-based parallel vote tabulation.