Ella Pamfilova will resign from her post “if she fails the elections.” Well, it’s a noble impulse, rare in our bureaucratic times. However, what do we mean by “election failure”? That people will come to the polling stations, but the polling stations are locked? Or the polling stations are open, but the ballots have not been delivered? Or are there no pencils in the cubicles? Or is the vote counting system broken? Or was the turnout such that it would be easier to call it a “no-show”?

In society Gosduum elections - quietly and dirty September 16, 2016 Igor Yakovenko Today, 09/16/2019, the period of agitation in the Duma campaign, which lasted 28 days, ends. Tomorrow is a day of silence. The day after tomorrow the election.

In the last couple of weeks, the discussion about participation in the so -called elections reached the finish line. And if earlier the conversation was more about whether it is worth realizing passive suffrage - to nominate as candidates, now we are talking, first of all, about whether it is necessary to use its active suffrage and vote on September 18.