Mikhail Prokhorov has been put on the ballot for the Russian Presidential election, to be held in March. He is one of five candidates who qualified. He needed 2,000,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot, and he obtained them. See this story.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Richard:
Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know roughly what the current number of registered voters in the Russian Federation?
No, but the Russian population is somewhat smaller than the population of the U.S.
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http://www.idea.int/publications/vt/upload/Voter%20registration.pdf
The 1993 constitution has
no special section concerning the suffrage
(there are only very general provisions),
which remains regulated by different federal
laws and federal constitutional laws. Active
suffrage is granted to all citizens aged 18
and over (the age limit is not a constitutional
norm and some politicians and experts,
especially those from the southern regions,
suggest bringing the age limit down to 16).
There are only two restrictions on suffrage:
serving convicts and citizens admitted incapable by a court have no right to vote (persons under criminal investigation have this
right).
Voter registration in Russia is conducted
periodically by the public authorities in an
automatic manner. All Russian citizens are
on the lists of voters compiled by constituency election commissions on the basis
of information from the heads of local
municipalities. Registration occurs twice a
year (by 1 January and 1 July). The information is passed to a constituency election
commission immediately after the
announcement of an election date. The basis
for registration is permanent or preferential
residence in the constituency. The list of voters is supposed to be made public no later
than 20 days before the election. Any citizen
has the right to verify it and point out errors,
if any, and a constituency election commission is supposed to either correct errors or
provide a written reply within 24 hours.
Citizens who were omitted from the list or
became residents in the constituency after
the list had been compiled are included in an
additional list on the basis of documents that
identify the person and his or her residence.
Of passing curiosity, is Arno still contracting petitions in Russia? I’m curious whether any of the petitions, including this one, are being contracted to US or other foreign petition companies.