The candidates to the Presidency must
be not younger than thirty years of age.
The candidates to the Presidency
or to the Verkhovna Rada can be
nominated by a political party or any
other political or social organisation
or even by a group of voters.

During the election campaign the can
didates make their programmes public.
These political programmes are
widely discussed in the mass media
and on television.
When election day comes (it is usually
Sunday), the people in Ukraine go to
the pol s to elect the members of the
Verkhovna Rada or the President of
Ukraine.
A voter gives his name and shows his
passport.
Then he receives his ballotpaper and
may go to a cubicle to vote.
Voting is secret.
Then the voter casts his ballotpaper
in the ballot box.
Often the elections of the local govern
ment take place simultaneously with
the elections to the Verkhovna Rada.

Виборець називає своє ім’я
і пред’являє паспорт.
Тоді він одержує свій виборчий бюле
тень і може йти в кабіну голосувати.
Голосування є таємним.
Потім виборець кидає свій бюле
тень в урну для голосування.
Часто вибори в місцеві органи вла
ди проводяться одночасно з вибо
рами до Верховної Ради.