Electoral Commission needs six months to prepare first post-war elections
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Ukraine’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has determined that a six-month preparatory period after the end of martial law and before the start of the formal election campaign would be necessary, CEC Chairman Oleh Didenko said on Jan. 21.
In a statement posted on CEC’s website, Didenko said the commission would use the time to do the following:
- assess the feasibility of holding elections in specific areas most affected by the war;
- analyze the readiness of election infrastructure in light of war-related damage;
- instruct the Foreign Ministry to estimate the costs of establishing additional overseas polling stations;
- ensure interoperability among government registries to update voter rolls.
Didenko noted that election campaign durations would remain unchanged: a 90-day window for the presidential vote and a 60-day window for parliamentary elections.
He also highlighted new provisions aimed at protecting the voting rights of internally displaced persons, military personnel, and citizens abroad. Among the proposed reforms is further liberalization of procedures for changing one’s electoral address and voting location.
The CEC chair added the commission plans to ban organizing polling stations in Russia and Belarus, while still allowing Ukrainians in those countries to vote at polling places in neighboring states. He said that Ukraine must develop robust tools to counter foreign interference and update election security protocols accordingly.
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