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“Zelensky cancelled Ukraine elections”
“Wartime Elections in Ukraine Are Impossible:
Voting in the middle of the Russian invasion is legally and practically unworkable.”
Foreign Policy Magazine: Lee Reaney
FACTS that may help:
ARTICLE 83 of the Ukrainian Constitution states that if the term of the Verkhovna Rada expires under martial law, it shall automatically be extended until a new Rada is seated following the end of martial law.
ARTICLE 19 of Ukraine’s martial law legislation specifically forbids conducting national elections. Thus, for Ukraine to conduct elections while under martial law would be a violation of legal norms that predate Zelensky and the full-scale Russian invasion.
Kox acknowledged this in a subsequent conversation with Olha Aivazovska, the head of Ukraine’s top election watchdog, stating that “it is clear that [Ukraine’s] CONSTITUTION does not allow you to organize elections when martial law is applicable.”
However, even BEYOND the legal issues, there are practical obstacles that would simply be impossible to overcome.
1. Ukraine is fighting a war in which the entire country is subject to Russian attack at any moment.
2. Nationwide air raid alerts are a very common occurrence and can last anywhere from 20 minutes to many hours. The writing of this very article was disrupted by a Russian missile salvo on Lviv, which killed 10 people and rocked the authors’ windows.
3. The disruptions from air raids would make reliable voting, counting, and tabulation across the country simply impossible.
4. Ukraine has a system of procedures to ensure the integrity of the voting process.
All ballot boxes must be visible by observers and members of the precinct electoral committee at all times so that no stuffing of ballots or other malfeasance can take place.
5. Counting of ballots must occur in a single sitting in sight of all observers and committee members. How can constant oversight of ballots, voter lists, and other important documents be maintained as everyone shuffles off to the bomb shelter?
6. How can security be maintained when everybody in the voting hall and lined up outside needs to crowd into the limited bombshelter space?
7. The ongoing bombing also makes it impractical to ensure that every Ukrainian has an equal opportunity to vote.
Ukraine cannot provide fair access to the ballot when the act of going to cast one’s ballot carries varying levels of risk across the country:
-issues of safety (including the prevalence of mines)
-access (destruction of polling locations)
-disruptions to key electoral resources (outdated voter lists)
-huge amounts of displaced persons
A country under a full-scale invasion and occupation is simply in no position to vote.