the Kremlin encouraged the regions to create conditions so that during the plebiscite on the Constitution thread voting was uniform for all days of the vote. This means a high percentage of early voters.
the Administration of President recommended that the region create conditions so that during the voting on the Constitution thread for voting opportunities were uniform for all seven days of voting — early and main day July 1. About it told RBC sources close to the leadership of the three Russian regions, and confirmed by two people close to the Kremlin, and a source in the presidential administration.
In essence, this means that you need to build a work so that prematurely — that is, in the days before 1 July, voted as a lot of people said the sides close to the leadership of regions, and two sources close to the Kremlin. This was during a meeting of the CEC on video conferencing with the regions last week, said one of the source regions. “There is a task to convey to people information on the opportunity to vote before July 1,” said RBC source in the Central election Commission.
“in order and was invented by a week of voting to avoid crowds (area) on 1 July,” — said one of them. The task is not in the fact that in the days before the primary date, voted as many citizens as possible, but to evenly distribute a stream of people — “no weekend or 1 July (if possible) not formed queues at polling stations,” explained RBC a source in the Kremlin.
“we Need to convey to people: if you have the opportunity to vote early (before July 1), then do it. You need to explain that this is done for security reasons,” says one of the regional interlocutors of RBC.
the voting on the Constitution is scheduled for July 1, but the vote will be on June 25. Last vote will be during the week. The possibility of expression is provided not only at the polling station and at home, but also at the enterprises of the continuous cycle on the local area. To vote at home can be without giving reasons. In two regions, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod region allowed electronic voting. In areas voters can vote any day from the 25th of June, and to write an application for early voting is not required, explained the Chairman of the CEC Nikolai Bulaev.
Citizens including will call, informing about the possibility to vote in advance. In this sense, there is a good opportunity to get a vote before July 1 at the expense of people aged 65+, which will offer to voleizyavleniya at home, converge ��about the opinion of a source close to the leadership of one of the regions, and two sources close to the Kremlin.
the Increase in turnout in early voting days and can give expression at enterprises with a continuous work cycle, as well as in remote areas, continue the interlocutors RBC. The fact that voting took a week — very convenient, because you can organize the process slowly, said close to the leadership of one of the regions the source of RBC.
Deputy Chairman of the CEC Nikolai Bulaev in conversation with RBC said that the number of citizens who participated in the vote, will be announced daily from June 25.
According to bulaeva, the time of information collection and reporting, the turnout will be installed at a later date, most likely it will be the morning of the next day. “Hours 10-11 a.m. all regions will report”, — said the Deputy Chairman of the Central election Commission. At the same time, the Information center of the CEC is to announce the Federal data on turnout and post information on the website of the CEC, he added.
to Predict how citizens will vote in each of the preceding 1 July days, it is impossible, therefore the majority of regions will try to reach voters to the max in the first three days, talk close to the Kremlin interlocutors RBC.
the Desired turnout in the country to vote on amendments to Constitution — 60%, told Kremlin officials at the seminar for Vice-governors on domestic policy in mid-February. Currently, the parameters remained approximately in the same range of 55-65%, depending on the region say close to the presidential administration and regional sources to RBC.
the design, which includes six days of early voting ease rules designed from the point of view of the task force’s results and, accordingly, the necessary turnout, said political analyst Dmitry Badovsky.
to achieve the “optimal outcome”, should be enough turnout at slightly more than 60%, says Badovsky.
In six days of early voting in the country, “if the average” vote can be about half or even more of the total turnout, says Badovsky. “But in the last day, I think, still have a significant portion of people, since the date of the vote was scheduled for July 1 on that date, focused information. In addition, there should be a bright “final point” of the process, the positive picture of participation in primary voting day, which in the previous days of early voting and home-based will not provide,” — said the expert.
Much will depend on what will or won’t do CEC to publish the attendance for each day of voting — publication of these data, including in the regional context, may be in different places to give as mobilizedt he next and demobilize effect somewhere can lead to bursts of activity of opponents of the amendments, and perhaps to provoke some governors are in competition with each other, said Badovsky. In any case, the publication of “accumulation appearance” for the days will define the political context of the voting process, he concluded.
