The two inhabitants of the village in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine voted in local elections on passports of the USSR, the media says.
Neighbor to the polls with "vintage" instruments and explained to the representatives of the electoral Commission that he was not able some time ago to replace passports, reports news Agency.
After consultation of the competent election Committee, the inhabitants of the village were allowed to vote, and they performed their own civic duty. At the same time Around 13 million Inhabitants of Ukraine are unable to vote in local elections. As said before the General Director of the Department of voters of Ukraine (CVU) Oleksiy Koshel, will not participate in the election of 1, 5 million immigrants from the Donbass, the Soldiers, the soldiers of the volunteer battalions and the personnel of the Ministry of internal Affairs who will be involved in combat duty, the millions of Ukrainians who left the country to work, as well as a large number of voters who are indifferent to Elections." Just gain About 13 million Residents, " said Koshel. About 20% of the polling stations in local elections in Ukraine were opened with a delay, 237 does not open at all. The elections were initiated in all regions except Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk, where they were cancelled. As emphasized in the territorial election Commission, this is due to errors in printing ballots. In the Opposition bloc told that the responsibility for the violation of the electoral process in Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk is himself on the President of Ukraine Petra Poroshenko. Poroshenko ordered the Parliament to amend the law to allow elections in Mariupol In the current year. Elections are not held on Kiev-controlled territories in 125 cities and towns of Donetsk region and in 146 ? Luhansk that are in the area of so-called military operation of Kiev. Human rights activists summed up numerous violations during the electoral process and predicted a small turnout. The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine has already received over 340 reports related to violations during the elections. According to local authorities, turnout for local elections in all regions of Ukraine not more than 20%. The lowest turnout ? About 11% came to the polls ? notes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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