Volnitsa for the voter

The Central Election Commission proclaimed the end of "serfdom"

The Central Election Commission (CEC) discussed the abolition of absenteeism in the presidential election in 2018. The new voting mechanisms “not by registration” will be tested in the nearest election of the heads of the constituent entities of the Federation in September. “We canceled this“ serfdom, ”repeated the head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova repeated during the meeting.

The CEC claims that now it will be possible to vote on any polling station, next to which you are physically located, and you will not need to go to your hometown for a “absenteeism”. But you still have to prepare for a vote in a couple of days. This is what the CEC offers.

Firstly, if you have been living not where you are registered for a long time, you need to write a special application a few days before the vote (no later than 4 days). You come to write a statement to the district election commission (PEC) or the territorial election commission (TIK), where you plan to vote. You can also submit an application through the public services website.

- A person should not go for a “absentee” to his home in Penza. This is quite obscene, from the point of view of both finance and time, ”says Nikolai Bulaev, Deputy Chairman of the CEC,“ he can go to the TIC in Moscow and, having provided a passport, ask him to reject himself from the site where he is registered and attach in Moscow where he wants to vote. This statement is sent to the GAS system “Elections”, and Tick receives it in Penza - the citizen expressed a desire to peel off from there and attach to another place.

After that, the application is assigned a unique number - “Mark”, it will be checked for it whether the voter filed such an application earlier. This is done to avoid "repeated" voting.

For people who go on vacation or business trip during the elections, the procedure is the same.

Secondly, those people whose plans changed less than 4 days before the elections do not lose the chance to vote "where is it convenient." True, such an application can be submitted no later than 14:00 Saturday ("Day of Silence"). They will vote in specially designated areas.

Emilia Slabunova

Chairman of the Yabloko party

- It is necessary to refuse absenteeism, this is not even discussed. But today's discussion shows that the proposed concept is very heavy. It involves the inclusion of human efforts, and, accordingly, an increase in the risks of the human factor. For example, with a review of statements, if a person changed his mind. With the calls of some ticks to other ticks. It is necessary to create a single database of voters with the assignment of a unique number to everyone. Based on Lee TIN, or SNILS. There it will be possible to see if there is a voter in the list on some other polling station. Such a product was tested at the Unified State Exam.

When the mobility of the population increases, you need to properly and modernly move in this direction. The proposed system is extremely expensive. We are now acting on the principle of "stingy pays twice." I would really not want someone’s name to become a household name after the vote. Just like "Yuryev Day." All procedures in order to increase the turnout must be made extremely simple and very understandable. It is important to minimize the number of people included in these processes.

Yuri Yurchenko

Chairman of the Regional Branch of the Civil Platform in the Moscow Region

- I would like to focus on those voters who find themselves in hospitals or places of detention. When there were no absenteeism, a person could give a power of attorney to another person, and he received him “absenteeism”. Now we need to work out what will happen to this group of people.

Secondly, there is no possibility of recalling the application. But unforeseen circumstances may happen. The man had to go on a business trip, but fell ill. We suggest at least once to invite a person to withdraw a statement.

Ella Pamfilova

Chairman of the CEC

-The GAS System “Elections” is a proven system, it is not afraid of cyber attacks. We now proceed from what can really be done. We will see how many voters in each site, how much as a whole. Who left from their sites, who arrived at others. When was it? It never happened. We reduce the “dangerous” group, which was called “absenteeism” as much as possible.

In addition to the abolition of absenteeism, in the correction to the law there are a number of innovations that make the system more open and affordable. This is what is associated with the expansion of observers' capabilities. And I would like to give a clarification about the norm about the possibility of disaggregation of the plots. What did we mean? No one forces no region to do mandatory disaggregation of the plots. It was the initiative of some regions, where, for example, a high population density. If there is no need in the region, no one is forcibly disagreeing the plots.
The law is a serious matter. We run in on September, and there we will already improve.