CIC Rejects Naumov's Appeal on Election Registration

The Central Election Commission rejected the deputy of the State Duma, Stanislav Naumov's appeal regarding the refusal to register for elections to the State Duma.

Consensus

The Central Election Commission rejected Stanislav Naumov's complaint against the refusal to register him as a parliamentary candidate.
Naumov was running as a self-nominated candidate in the Magnitogorsk single-mandate constituency No. 191, Chelyabinsk Oblast.
The Central Election Commission found that Naumov did not collect enough valid signatures for registration.
The Central Election Commission ordered the regional election commission to refer the case to the Investigative Committee for possible criminal investigation under Part 2 of Article 142 of the Russian Criminal Code.
The regional election commission had previously rejected Naumov's registration due to a high number of invalid signatures.
The Central Election Commission confirmed that 3,672 signatures were properly deemed invalid by the regional commission.

Points of divergence

The Central Election Commission stated that 47.78% of the 8,106 checked signatures were invalid, leaving Naumov with 12,958 valid signatures, which was below the required 16,211. — interfax
The regional election commission found that approximately 23% (about 3,800) of the 16,800 total signatures were invalid. — kommersant
The Central Election Commission highlighted that among the invalid signatures were those from deceased voters. — vesti

Coverage (3 sources)

ЦИК rejected the complaint of the deputy chairman of the State Duma committee Naumov on refusal to register for elections — Интерфакс
CYK rejected deputy Naumov's appeal against refusal to register him for elections — Коммерсантъ
Dead Souls in signatures: CEC ordered to check candidate Naumov — Вести

CIC Rejects Naumov's Appeal on Election Registration

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