The Moscow authorities plan to bring the number of voting online in the elections to the State Duma to 2 million people

The Moscow City Hall plans to bring the number of electronic voting participants in the State Duma elections to 2 million people. The corresponding KPI RBC was reported by sources in the government.

The main motive of the city hall is a reduction in the risk of coronavirus, since confrontation in areas increases the likelihood of contact with people infected with Covid-19. “Any election is always a mass event, especially taking into account the fact that in recent years in Moscow there has been a trend to increase civil activity,” said Vladimir Platonov, president of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

To attract people to remote voting, officials will launch the program “A million Prizes - #Choosing Together”: 100 cars and 20 apartments will be played out, the interlocutor of RBC, close to the city hall, said. Muscovites who voted online will also be able to receive certificates for discounts in the stores "Magnit", "Dixie", "Lenta", "ABC of taste", "Children's world", "Sportmaster" and pharmacy networks.

By increasing the number of intentional to vote electronically, Moscow expects to get a higher percentage of votes for United Russia, the sources of the publication noted. The desired result of the United Russia in the capital is 34-37%, the ideal model is 35% by 35% (the result of the party and the appearance, respectively). Initially, according to the interlocutor, it was about 1 million people about a bar, but they decided to raise it to 2 million-including due to plans to launch a draw.

The elections to the State Duma are scheduled for the fall of 2021. Due to the pandemic, the vote will be three-day-from September 17 to 19. Residents of Moscow, Sevastopol, as well as Nizhny Novgorod, Kursk, Yaroslavl, Murmansk and Rostov regions will be able to vote online. This year, the Central Election Commission for the first time decided to abandon public voting broadcasts, citing a lack of funds. Now the broadcasts will be available only to "participants in the political process." The lawyer and co -chair of the Voice movement Andrei Buzin, in a conversation with The Insider, noted that the CEC decision discredits the principle of honest and transparent elections, and also once again proves the presence of violations during the voting process.

At the end of May, the primaries of United Russia passed. In Moscow, as the media wrote, in all districts, candidates supported by the party won. According to the VTsIOM, the electoral rating of the united Russia in the country in mid -August was 27.3% - this is one of the lowest values ​​since 2006. According to the FOM, 30% of Russians are ready to vote for the party in the party. According to the Levada Center, 28% of those who, in principle will go to the elections, intend to vote for the party. In early August, The Republic wrote that Moscow state employees are forced to register for online collection to the State Duma. Each employee is obliged to register for participation in remote voting three more of his friends or relatives.