CEC Chairman Ella Pamfilova announced the creation of a unified online voting system for the next federal elections. The “change your mind” option will no longer be used, and Moscow’s experience will “not dissipate”.
“I think that what Moscow has developed will organically enter our common piggy bank and, of course, the federal elections will be held according to general rules, on a single platform,” Pamfilova said at a meeting of the Central Election Commission. She noted that the city authorities will continue to develop initiatives on various aspects of city life on their platform.
It was decided to abandon the option of delayed voting amid a flurry of criticism. “This option, it was very voluminous. When we decided to introduce the option of re-voting [in Moscow], we clearly said that the federal law does not provide for a re-voting... We found such a compromise option, called it “postponed voting,” Pamfilova recalled.