According to OPORA's observers deployed to a number of polling stations representative for the whole country, 11.5% of precinct election commissions in Ukraine started preparatory meetings earlier than 7:15 AM. To compare, 17% of polling stations started preparatory meetings earlier in the first round. Only 9% polling stations in Dnipropetrovsk started preparatory meetings earlier, while this percentage on 25 October reached 12.4%. According to the Law of Ukraine on Local Elections, PECs must hold their preparatory meetings not earlier than 45 minutes before the voting begins.
Besides that, according to OPORA's data, the number of polling stations which have opened on time (at 8:00 AM) has increased to 92%. On 25 October, only 85% of polling stations have started the voting process in accordance with the law (not earlier and not later than 8:00 AM). In Dnipropetrovsk, however, the percentage of polling stations which have opened on time is slightly less than throughout Ukraine – 88%.
All the precinct election commissions in the country conducted preparatory meetings, and gathered quorum (more than half of total commission membership). At the same time, 2% of election commissions of Dnipropetrovsk didn't keep the minutes of their preparatory meetings. On 25 October, morning meeting minutes were not kept at 8% of polling stations in Dnipropetrovsk. Morning meeting minutes were not kept at 7% precinct election commissions, what is equal to the first round percentage.
Only a little more than 1% of OPORA's observers have reported that PECs failed to provide them with opportunity to conduct a comprehensive observation of all election procedures on morning meetings and the beginning of voting process. The same situation was observed in the first round.
