Editing Elections in Ukraine (section)

==Perceived flaws in legislation==
Despite a clear system for declaring donations to campaign funds, officials and experts say that Ukraine's election law is consistently flouted, with spending from candidates’ official funds representing only a fraction of the amount truly spent while it is rarely clear where the funding comes from.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/57079/ More than $1 billion will be spent on campaign, but no one knows for sure], [[Kyiv Post]] (January 14, 2010)</ref>

Early May 2009, the "Committee of Voters of Ukraine" stated they believe that the use of the state's [[administrative resource]]s by [[List of political parties in Ukraine|political forces]] for their own national and local [[election campaign]]s is no longer a decisive factor in the outcome of Ukrainian elections.<ref>[http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/196948.html Committee Of Voters: Use Of State’s Administrative Resources No Longer Decisive Factor In Outcome Of Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721005541/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/196948.html |date=2009-07-21 }}, [[Ukrainian News Agency]] (May 8, 2009)</ref> According to a survey of 2,000 people conducted in October 2010 by two Ukrainian nongovernmental organizations, the Democratic Initiatives Fund and [[PORA|OPORA]], one in five Ukrainians were willing to sell his or her vote in the then upcoming [[2010 Ukrainian local elections]].<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Survey_Shows_Every_Fifth_Ukrainian_Ready_To_Sell_Vote/2197889.html Survey Shows Every Fifth Ukrainian Ready To Sell Vote], [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] (October 22, 2010)</ref> But according to (then) [[Ukrainian Prime Minister]] [[Mykola Azarov]] these elections "were absolutely without the use of [[administrative resources]], naturally. Nobody interfered with our citizens."<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Yanukovychs_Party_Looks_To_Victory_Amid_Claims_Of_Election_Fraud_/2207495.html Yanukovych's Party Looks To Victory Amid Claims Of Election Fraud], [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] (November 01, 2010)</ref>