Russia OKs Special Voting Rules for New Regions
The Central Election Commission of Russia approved a special voting procedure for newly annexed regions, designating them as remote and hard-to-reach areas to facilitate voting, including early voting and the use of drones for ballot delivery.
Consensus
- The Central Election Commission of Russia adopted a special voting procedure for new regions.
- The new regions—Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts—are classified as remote and hard-to-reach territories.
- The special procedure allows early voting and voting outside polling stations.
- Voting in these regions will be conducted under military conditions.
- The special voting procedure includes the use of various transport, including drones, for ballot delivery.
- The main voting period for the State Duma elections is scheduled from September 18 to 20.
- Early voting began on August 28 in 12 regions with military or elevated response levels.
- Voting on remote territories started on August 30.
Points of divergence
- The decision was made based on the criteria that the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, meet the criteria of remote and hard-to-reach locations. — vedomosti
- The special voting procedure is being applied to occupied territories controlled by Russian forces. — kommersant
- The list of remote and hard-to-reach areas will be established by regional election commissions based on proposals from local election commissions. — kommersant
- Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Election Commission, stated that remote and hard-to-reach places exist in 37 out of 89 Russian regions. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- ЦИК adopted a resolution on special voting procedures in new regions — Ведомости
- ЦИК clarified the order of assigning territories to be difficult to access for voting — Коммерсантъ