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In the meantime, the system will be improved through amendments and additions to existing laws, as well as protected with the help of a “free election fund.” The Central Election Commission will send a set of amendments to the laws on guarantees of electoral rights, as well as elections of State Duma deputies and the president, to the presidential administration in April-May. Already this year, Mr. Veshnyakov believes, they can pass the Duma and the Federation Council and gain the force of law.
The Free Elections Fund will apparently also appear this year. The fund, according to the chairman of the Central Election Commission, is needed to “protect our electoral democracy from dirt, to improve the legal culture of citizens.” Mr. Veshnyakov believes that throughout our country it is advisable to combine the organizational, intellectual and financial capabilities of organizations and citizens interested in the development of democracy. The CEC is currently holding consultations and negotiations with possible co-founders of the fund.