Ukraine: "longest ballots in electoral history" ahead of vote Millions of ballots are being printed in Kiev ahead of the Presidential elections to be hold on 31 March. With 39 candidates in the running, the ballots became the longest in the country's electoral history. The frontrunner in the polls is the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, followed by the current head of state Petro Poroshenko and the former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko. IMAGES of the "Ukraine" printing plant and SOUNDBITES of Tatyana Slipachuk, Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and Dmitro Vorobey, director of operations of the Central Election Commission