VOTING IN UKRAINE

The political power in Ukraine is divided into three branches: executive,legislative and (1)_________.

The Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian (2) __________, is the highest legislative body. 

The (3) _________ power in Ukraine belongs to the President.

The (4) _________ takes place every four years. 

All (5) _________ of Ukraine who have reachedthe age of eighteen have the right to vote. But only those, who have reached the age of twenty-one, have the right to be elected to the Verchovna Rada. 

The candidates to the Presidency or to the Verkhovna Rada can be nominated by a political party or any other (6) _________ or social organisation or even by a group of voters.

During the election campaign the candidates make their programmes public. These political programmes are widely (7) __________ in the mass media and on the television.

When election day comes (it is usually Sunday), the people in Ukraine go to the polls to elect the members of the Verkhovna Rada or the President of Ukraine. A voter gives his name and shows his (8) ________ . 

Then h e recives his ballot -paper and may go to a cubicle to (9) ________. Voting is secret. Then the voter casts his ballot-paper in the ballot box.

Often the elections of the local (10) __________ take place simultaneously with the elections to the Verkhovna Rada.