At night of 27 October, persons unknown massively pasted campaign materials without any imprint in Chernivtsi. The leaflets contain an appeal to vote for the candidate Volodymyr Ked. The leaflets are designed using the colours of the United Opposition. Let us remind that Volodymyr Ked is registered as a self-nominated candidate.

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This fact has the elements of violation of Section 2, Article 70  (“Election campaigning shall cease at midnight on the last Friday before the voting day.”) and Section 7, Article 69 (“Printed campaigning materials shall contain information on the commissioner of these materials, the institution who did the printing, or an indication that the printing was done using the equipment owned by the party, circulation, and information on persons responsible for the publication.”) of the Law On election of People's Deputies of Ukraine.

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For comment, please contact:
Nazar Tymoshchuk,
Election Programmes Coordinator of the Civil Network OPORA in Chernivtsi Oblast
063 628 67 71, [email protected]
Press Secretary of Chernivtsi Branch of the Civil Network OPORA
Hryhorii Sorochan
063 628 67 72, [email protected]
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.