The article focuses on the basic principles of administrative and legal status of participants of elections in Ukraine. We consider the elections in Ukraine as a form of direct democracy, which is the will of the people.
In this article deals the problems of political parties and their financial viability.
Analyzed Ukrainian and international experience of implementation public funding of political
parties. Highlights the general principles of public funding of political parties. Is revealed
weaknesses in the system of public funding of political parties and the ways to improve
Ukrainian legislation.
The article analyses the great son of the Ukrainian people, Ivan Franko
in his struggle against the existing police political and legal system of the Austro
Hungarian Empire, directed at the protection of the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian
people.
The significance of legal awareness in the process of popular sovereignty realization is considered in the article. The notion of national legal awareness as the peculiar form of public conscience is analyzed. It is proved that legal awareness forms the basis of both direct and representative democracy. The influence of legal awareness over the practical usage of direct democracy institutions is determined.
The article dwells on the problem of nomination in Ukraine as an important constituent part of democratic and alternative nature of elections. The authors highlight the issue of nomination as defining a range of subjects which are able to nominate candidates for holding office in authoritative bodies. Evolution of the legal regulation of the issue of nomination subjects in Ukraine is shown based on analysis of the national electoral legislation.
The article analyses a problem of the legal status of election commissions in Ukraine as a condition of their
independence. It dwells on such elements of the legal status of election commissions, as the right to issue regulations binding for both citizens and authorities; permanent nature of commissions at the national level; lack of opportunity for the authorities which form a commission to recall proposed representatives to electoral bodies and others.
The article dwells on the issue of compliance with democratic principles during elections in Ukraine. The author suggests the methodology for calculation of the level of election process democracy based on such an indicator as the Index of Democratic Elections. It is founded on democratic principles of elections, full compliance with which testifies the highest possible level of election process democracy. Each democratic principle includes a certain number of indicators which, in their turn, include constituents.
The article dwells upon security issues of the electoral process during the early presidential and parliamentary elections 2014 in Ukraine. Activity of Ukrainian authorities concerning neutralization of security threats during the early elections of the President and People’s Deputies in 2014 is analyzed both in the sphere of legislation and in the field of electoral practice.