Five election precincts set up in U.S. for Ukraine's voters

WASHINGTON - The Central Election Commission of Ukraine on February 2, released information about election precincts abroad for Ukrainian citizens voting in the Verkhovna Rada elections on March 26. To accommodate citizens of Ukraine living in the United States, there will be five precincts, as listed below.

• Foreign Election Precinct No. 92: Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S.A. (3350 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20007)
  
  Precinct No. 92 includes: District of Columbia, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
  
  
• Foreign Election Precinct No. 93: Consulate General of Ukraine in New York (240 E. 49th St., New York, N.Y. 10017)
  
  Precinct No. 93 includes: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
  
  
• Foreign Election Precinct No. 94: Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco (530 Bush St., Suite 402, San Francisco, Calif. 94108)
  
  Precinct No. 94 includes: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
  
  
• Foreign Election Precinct No. 95: Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago (10 E. Huron St., Chicago, Ill. 60611)
  
  Precinct No. 95 includes: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
  
  
• Foreign Election Precinct No. 96: Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco, citizens of Ukraine will be able to vote at the administration building of the Ukrainian Baptist Church (25628 101st Ave. SE, Kent, Wash. 98030).
  
  Precinct No. 96 includes: city of Kent.

For information regarding Ukraine's electoral process and the electoral rights of Ukrainian citizens, readers may visit the website of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, http://www.cvk.gov.ua. They may also refer to the website of the Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S.A. http://www.ukraineinfo.us/ukrainian/consular/election/election.html.

Voting will be held on March 26 from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. local time at all the aforementioned locations.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 26, 2006, No. 9, Vol. LXXIV

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