Election type

Ukraine, Law on Elections of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine (2011, last amended in 2014), accessed 10 April 2019

Article 2. Universal Suffrage

6. The documents specified in Clauses 4 – 6 Part 3 of this Article shall be the basis for obtaining a ballot paper and can be used in foreign election district and special election precincts established on ships sailing under the National Flag of Ukraine, as well as at Ukraine’s polar station. A passport of a citizen of Ukraine may serve as the basis for obtaining a ballot paper in foreign election district created in countries that citizens of Ukraine may visit on the basis of their passports.

10. A voter who resides or on the election day stays in the territory of a foreign state as well as a citizen  of  Ukraine  who  temporarily  changed  his  or  her  voting  address  (without  changing  the election  address)  for  another  election  precinct  outside  the  single-mandate  election  district  to which such voter belongs on the basis of the data of the State Register of Voters on his election address, has a right to vote at the elections of MPs only in the nationwide election district. The exercise of this right shall be insured by including the voter in the list of voters at a respective election precinct stating that such voter shall receive only the ballot to voting in the nationwide election district. {Part 10 was added to Article 2 pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

Ukraine, THE LAW OF UKRAINE On the election of the President of Ukraine, accessed 9 April 2019

Article 2. General suffrage

6. The exercise of the right to vote at the elections of the President of Ukraine by citizens of Ukraine residing or in the period of preparation and holding of elections outside of Ukraine shall be ensured by their inclusion in the voters list at the appropriate foreign polling station formed in accordance with this Law.

Ukraine, The Law of Ukraine on an all-Ukrainian Referendum, accessed 9 April 2019

Article 8. The right to participate in the national referendum

3. A Ukrainian citizen that resides or currently stays abroad has a full right to vote at an all-Ukrainian referendum.