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25 of October, 14:31

City administration: bribery of voters recorded on election in Kiev
A number of serious violations documented during the local elections in Kiev, said the head of Kiev city administration Volodymyr Bondarenko at a press conference on Sunday in Kiev.

"as of 12. 00 in an urban focal point has received from the police Department 93 message about violations during election process, " said Bondarenko.

for example, he told about a fixed fact the So-called " carousel ", " when the voter tried to get a blank ballot for transfer to another person ".

3 cases of attempted bribery of voters documented in goloseyevsky, Darnytskyi and Obolonskiy areas. Shevchenko and Darnitskiy districts have been 3 attempts specifically campaigning at the polls for one political force, said Bondarenko.

He also said that in goloseyevsky, Dnieper and Svyatoshinsky districts have been 3 attempts of photographing ballots in the voting booths." each criminal case ", - he noted.

in addition, in the present election process and "domestic" violations. For example, Bondarenko told about the fact that one person has closed in the apartment wife and were not allowed to vote.

Local elections are held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people the mayor is elected by simple majority of votes, and in large has the opportunity to be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to collect more than 50% of votes or to break away from its nearest competitor by more than 20%. The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days, and in case of holding the 2nd round in the big cities - not later than November 20.

sections: Politics

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