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December 25, 2004
Ukraine Election | Ukraine Election Rerun in Doubt
UKRAINE'S constitutional court has ruled that recently adopted electoral changes were unconstitutional, throwing into doubt the legitimacy of a rerun presidential vote set for tomorrow.

The court said that changes limiting so-called home voting to only the severely-disabled violated voters' rights and had to be annulled immediately.

“The changes are ruled unconstitutional and annulled from the day of the ruling,” Mykola Selivon, head of the court, said.

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