September 16, 2020 in the premises of Ukrinform (ul. B. 8/16 Khmelnytskyi Street, Kyiv, 01001) from 12.00 to 13.00 a press conference will be held on the topic: “Local elections under new rules: how and why did Ukrainians change their voting address?”
About 100 thousand citizens have changed their voting address and have the right to vote at the place of actual residence, and not registration. In total, approximately 5.5 million Ukrainians had such an opportunity, of which 1.5 million were internally displaced persons.
What opportunities has the new legislation opened up for Ukrainians and why is it important? What stopped voters from exercising their legal right? How to motivate people to be more active and responsible participants in the electoral process in their communities in the future?
These and other nuances will be discussed by the participants of the press conference, which will be held on September 16, 2020 in the premises of Ukrinform (ul. B. Khmelnitsky, 8/16, Kiev, 01001) from 12.00 to 13.00.
The live broadcast will be available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/UkrinformTV
Speakers of the event: Olena Gataulina, Secretary of the CEC, Oleksandr Stelmakh, Head of the Service of the Administrator of the State Register of Voters, Tatyana Durneva, Executive Director of Public Holding “GROUP OF INFLUENCE”; Roman Lyubchenko, Program Director of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Ukraine; Oleksandr Klyuzhev, analyst of the Civil Network of OPORA; Olga Odinokova, Head of the Department of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine, as well as voters who successfully took advantage of the new opportunities of legislation.
Contact number of the organizers: (097) 915 54 45, Elena Zadorozhna, moderator of the event, communication manager of Public Holding “GROUP OF INFLUENCE”.
This event is organized by the NGO Public Holding “IMPACT GROUP” with the support of the International Electoral Systems Foundation (IFES), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Canadian Ministry of International Affairs and British assistance from the UK government.
