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VOTER

- A citizen of the Russian Federation, an active electoral right.

Suffrage active (active suffrage) - the constitutional right of the citizen to elect to bodies of state power and local self-government in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, constitutions (charters), laws of the Russian Federation.

Russian citizens exercise their right to vote by participating in a referendum or election.

Active suffrage have Russian citizens who have reached at the time of election of voting age, that 18 years. The age limit for the age is not provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Participation in the elections and the referendum based on the principles of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot and not the responsibility of a citizen, that is, it

free and voluntary.

All Russian citizens who have active suffrage, the right to participate in the referendum, subject to registration (accounting).

The basis for registration (accounting) AI is the fact of being a citizen of the Russian Federation on the territory of residence, which is established by registration of Russian citizens at the place of stay or residence within the Russian Federation.

Registration (accounting) I. living outside of the Russian Federation or on extended trips abroad, takes place on the basis of the fact of their permanent residence in a foreign country or a long stay in the foreign missions.

Registration data are: name, surname, patronymic, date of birth, place of birth, sex, citizenship, place of residence, type of identity document, series and number of the document, the name or code of the body that issued the document, the date of issuance of the document.

The registered citizen has the right to unimpeded access to documented information (personal

data) currently.

related commissions the lists for the implementation of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation I.

The reason for the inclusion of the citizen in the list is the fact of his residence in the territory of the polling station.

Russian citizen who has active suffrage, on the day of voting outside the territory of the Russian Federation and not having the opportunity to vote on this very day, may obtain an absentee ballot or early voting.

Informing IM of the place and time of the election or referendum is carried out through the mass media not later than 20 days before the voting day by the public authorities, local self-government.

On election day, each AI gets newsletter, which contains information about each registered candidate or the text of the referendum question and the expression of the will of the voting options are specified with the words "Yes" or "No", under which are placed the empty squares.

AI has the right to mention only one square, otherwise the ballot is considered invalid.

I. without having to personally fill in the ballot, shall be entitled to take advantage of this by another I. He must verbally notify the Commission of its intention to take the help to fill the bulletin. In this case, the corresponding column of the voters list, referendum participants indicated the identity, assisting.

Completed reports are dropped by voters, referendum participants in sealed (sealed) boxes for voting or vote counting hardware in use.

For early voting I. wrote a statement which indicates the cause of early voting. His newsletter is embedded in an envelope and sealed. In place of gluing the envelope signatures of two members of the commission, observers (at their request). Signatures certified by the stamp of the commission, as well as the signature of I. who voted early. The envelope is kept sealed until the day of the formal vote.

The polling station commission shall be obliged to provide the opportunity to participate in the voting at this polling station IV, which can not be independently for good reasons to come to the polling station. If deemed valid reason, these individuals are voting on the election day and only on the basis of the application is the voting premises.

Immediately after the end of voting PECs summarizes voting. Voices of I. considered equal. ultimate result

published (made public)

the relevant committee in the order and terms established by law, but not later than 1 month from the day of voting.