Over 2M Russians Apply for Remote Voting

Submitted applications to participate in the remote electronic voting (DEG) for elections taking place from September 18 to 20.

Consensus

More than 2 million applications were submitted for remote electronic voting in Russia.
Remote electronic voting will be available in 32 to 33 Russian regions.
The registration deadline for remote electronic voting is September 14 at 23:59 MSK.
The remote electronic voting system will be operational until September 14 at 23:59 MSK.
The elections for the State Duma deputies are scheduled for September 20.
Remote electronic voting is available to voters with permanent registration in participating regions.

A total of 2.05 million applications were submitted by August 26. — vedomosti
The number of applicants is 2 million, with the highest number of applications coming from Moscow Oblast, Altai Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Rostov Oblast, and Chuvashia. — kommersant
This year's remote voting is available in 33 regions, the highest number in the service's history. — kommersant
Remote electronic voting was used in 24 regions last year. — vedomosti
Four new regions (Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye Oblasts) are excluded from remote voting due to ongoing state of emergency. — kommersant
In the previous year, over 1.7 million applications were submitted for remote voting, with a turnout of 90.5%. — vedomosti
The estimated number of voters who may participate in remote voting this year is 48.4 million. — kommersant