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Right of choice

- The citizen's right to vote.

Available to all individuals who have reached the age of 18 years. They can not vote incapacitated citizens and persons held in custody.

Only Russian citizens have the right to vote in the representative bodies and local authorities and to participate in the referendum. In certain cases, foreign nationals can participate in the elections.

A. IP is equal for all voters. A citizen can exercise their right to vote, only by being entered in the electoral list. Voter registration can be:

1) mandatory, at which meeting the requirements of the law of persons registered bodies responsible for drawing up electoral lists;

2) optionally, at which a person must itself take care of its registration by submitting an application.

A voter may be entered in only one electoral list at the place of residence. Before the start of the campaign, these lists are sent to the electoral commission.

Nobody has the right to prevent the citizens to exercise their right to vote. Obstruction is a criminal offense.