The candidate guarantee deposit institute in the local Ukrainian elections

Abstract

n this article, the author presents the institution of candidate guarantee deposit in local elections in Ukraine, in particular, a theoreticaland retrospective analysis of the use of candidate guarantee in elections is carried out, the goals and circumstances of the introduction,political expediency in the formation of representative bodies of power and local self-government are analyzed. The author ofthe article draws attention to the inner essence and size of the electoral deposit in comparison with national elections to representativebodies of state power and local self-government, setting out the positions of national constitutional and international courts. The authorexamines the definitions and the legal nature of the concept of elections, electoral law, electoral process, pledge as a civil institution inconstitutional law, indicators for calculating the candidate guarantee deposit in the electoral process, the use of the candidate guarantee deposit in accordance with the rules of electoral legislation. This scientific article is intended to show both the scientific and philosophi -cal and the practical substantiation of the essence of the institution of a candidate guarantee deposit in the electoral process in local electionsin Ukraine. Along with the development of Ukrainian society, Ukrainian statehood and democratic institutions of Ukraine, thenecessity for changes in electoral legislation has serious reasons. The author considers that in Ukraine the institution of a candidateguarantee deposit in local elections and in national elections is an indicator of the “public quality” of a candidate regarding his possibilityto participate in elections and the seriousness of the implementation of his intentions. And the next change that will help the voterchoose a worthy candidate for a particular position or get a deputy mandate may become the payment of taxes by the candidate to thebudget of the state or a specific community.