Ukrainian Parliamentarians Double Vote

To make up for absentee members of parliament, Ukraine’s MPs have often voted for their neighbors as well as for themselves.

Ukrainian parliamentarian Olexander Gerega votes for both himself and his neighbor in an attempt to test the new law enacted to battle double voting. Gerega worked with civic watchdog organization Chesno to prove double voting would continue despite new regulations. Ganna Grabarska/Chesno

KYIV, Ukraine—A law aimed at stopping Ukrainian members of parliament from double voting on legislative matters has not proved successful thus far.

The law went into effect Dec. 13; in the first parliamentary session thereafter, on Dec. 18, a member of parliament (MP) tested the waters. MP Olexander Gerega deliberately double voted as part of an experiment in collaboration with the civic watchdog group Chesno.