Committee of Voters of Ukraine | |
Native Name: | Комітет виборців України |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Type: | Non-governmental organization |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | [1] |
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) (Ukrainian: Комітет виборців України (КВУ)) is an all-Ukrainian non-government organization whose main task is to observe the election campaigns, maintain relations between voters and the authorities, and protect the voting rights of citizens. Branches of the organization operate in 24 regions and in more than 200 districts of Ukraine. The NGO was established on February 20, 1994.[2] The organization declares itself as neutral to political parties and candidates, acts on the basis of voluntariness, equality of its members, self-government, legality and transparency.[3]
During the period of its activity, based on the methodology developed by the organization, which took into account all key standards of election observation, the CVU monitored all national election campaigns, without exception, as well as most local election campaigns.[4]
CVU stated that the Ukrainian local elections 2020 which took part on 25 October were democratic.[5] [6]