Buses instead of polling stations: the Central Election Commission proposes an unconventional voting format for post-war elections

Buses instead of polling stations: the Central Election Commission proposes an unconventional voting format for post-war elections

The Central Election Commission proposes considering an unconventional format for organizing voting in post-war elections — special buses that will perform the function of mobile polling stations.

This idea was described by first Deputy Speaker of Parliament Oleksandr Kornienko during the podcast “Veterans and Politics.”

According to him, the mechanism envisions that a voter will enter the bus through the front doors, receive a ballot, fill it out in a special booth, and exit through the rear doors.

“A bus arrives, you enter through the front doors, receive the ballot, the booth – and you come out through the back,” Kornienko described the proposal.

The idea concerns preparation for the first post-war elections in Ukraine. Currently, legislative proposals regarding their organization and conduct are being developed. A working group of the Verkhovna Rada, led by Kornienko, is working on issues of electoral infrastructure, security, and ensuring the right to vote for various categories of citizens.

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

The Central Election Commission previously emphasized that it is developing proposals for holding elections after the termination or lifting of martial law.