Constitution of Ukraine

PREAMBLE / CHAPTER I / CHAPTER II / CHAPTER III / CHAPTER IV / CHAPTER V / CHAPTER VI / CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X / CHAPTER XI / CHAPTER XII / CHAPTER XIII / CHAPTER XIV / CHAPTER XV

Article 69
• The expression of the will of the people is exercised through elections, referendum and other forms of direct democracy.

Article 70
• Citizens of Ukraine who have attained the age of eighteen on the day elections and referendums are held, have the right to vote at the elections and referendums.
• Citizens deemed by a court to be incompetent do not have the right to vote.

Article 71
• Elections to bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government are free and are held on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage, by secret ballot.
• Voters are guaranteed the free expression of their will.

Article 72
• An All-Ukrainian referendum is designated by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or by the President of Ukraine, in accordance with their authority established by this Constitution.
• An All-Ukrainian referendum is called on popular initiative on the request of no less than three million citizens of Ukraine who have the right to vote, on the condition that the signatures in favour of designating the referendum have been collected i n no less than two-thirds of the oblasts, with no less than 100 000 signatures in each oblast.

Article 73
• Issues of altering the territory of Ukraine are resolved exclusively by an All-Ukrainian referendum.

Article 74
• A referendum shall not be permitted in regard to draft laws on issues of taxes, the budget and amnesty.