The existing procedure for the counting of votes is extremely opaque. One of the main reasons for this is lack of detailed procedures for the counting of votes in the Electoral Code. In this connection, it is necessary to legislate the following principles of vote count: counting of the votes is carried out publicly in the presence of observers who can monitor the correctness of the will of the voters in each ballot (i.e., see the contents of each ballot); vote count is conducted by one of the commission members, who should announce and display each ballot to all the commission members and the observers; vote count is conducted separately for each ballot box, and the results of such a separate vote count are reflected in the final protocol separately for each ballot box. A copy of the final protocol, certified by the chairperson and secretary of the commission and by the commission’s stamp, should be issued at the request of the observer.