You can campaign “against everyone”

On November 14, 2005, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the rights of citizens to distribute campaign materials calling for voting against all candidates. According to the presiding judge Vladimir Yaroslavtsev, the essence of the decision is that "we allowed every citizen to agitate against everyone at his own expense . "

Checking the constitutionality of paragraph 5 of Art. 48 and Art. 58 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation", as well as a number of articles of the federal law "On Elections of State Duma Deputies" was held in the Constitutional Court on the initiative of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin.

Meanwhile, ballot papers may not contain a column "against all." In particular, in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, there will be no column "against all" on the ballot papers.

Sources

• Every citizen was allowed to campaign against everyone at his own expense // IA REGNUM. 2005. November 14.
• The Constitutional Court allowed campaigning against all // Grani.Ru. 2005. November 14.