Buses Instead of Polling Stations: CEC Proposed a New Format for Postwar Voting

The Central Election Commission proposes considering an unusual format for organizing voting in postwar elections — special buses that would function as mobile polling stations. This idea was shared by Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, during the podcast “Veterans and Politics,” according to Glavkom.

According to him, the mechanism envisions voters entering the bus through the front doors, receiving a ballot, filling it out in a special booth, and exiting through the rear doors.

“You arrive by bus, you go in through the front doors, you receive a ballot, the booth is there — and you exit through the back,” Kornienko described the proposal.

The idea pertains to preparations for Ukraine’s first postwar elections. Currently, work is underway to develop legislative proposals for their organization and conduct. The Verkhovna Rada’s working group, led by Kornienko, is working on issues of electoral infrastructure, security, and ensuring voting rights for various categories of citizens.

At the same time, the bus idea does not mean that such a format has already been approved or will necessarily be used during the elections. Final decisions on organizing voting must be regulated by law.

Earlier, the CEC emphasized that it is developing proposals for holding elections after the termination or abolition of the state of war.

It is worth recalling that the Ukrainian authorities may consider online voting as an option, but implementing this during a full-scale invasion is extremely challenging.