OSCE supports voter awareness campaign ahead of Ukraine’s early parliamentary elections

[node id="125433" preset="small" align="left"]In supporting Ukrainian voters to fully exercise their electoral rights, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), upon request of the country’s Central Election Commission, is running an awareness campaign aimed at informing citizens of important procedures related to the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 26 October 2014.

[node id="125444" preset="small" align="right"]The PCU has developed a set of audio-visual materials for television and radio encouraging voters to check, and if needed, correct, the accuracy of their personal data by contacting the State Voter Registry before 20 October 2014. 

Additionally, the PCU is supporting an online awareness campaign, during which  banners are being placed on popular public resources in order to direct voters to the information pages of Ukraine’s State Voter Registry.

• Broadcast-quality video for television channels can be downloaded here
• The radio announcement can be downloaded here 
  To access the files please use Username: Pafy and Password: hSuu

​The following set of audio-visual materials provides instructions on how to vote if the voter is away from home, and is particularly aimed at internally displaced persons.   

• Broadcast-quality video for TV channels can be downloaded here
• The radio announcement can be downloaded here
  To access the files please use Username: Pafy and Password: hSuu

These audio-visual materials are endorsed by the Central Election Commission and classified by the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting as Public Service Announcements.

Assistance provided by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in preparation for the 2014 early Parliamentary elections in Ukraine ( download PDF file).
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[node id="125453" preset="small" align="left"]For additional questions on the use of materials please contact Anna Shalimova, +380952716733, anna.shalimova@osce.org, or Andrii Dziubenko, +380506767734 or andrii.dziubenko@osce.org.

[node id="125446" preset="small" align="right"]The Project “Developing Election Training Capacity and Enhancing Voter Awareness” is implemented in co-operation with the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and with the support of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), Governments of Denmark and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To learn more about the voter awareness assistance for the early presidential elections in May 2014, please see www.osce.org/ukraine/118400.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator and the ODIHR/OSCE election observation mission operate independently, under their separate mandates.