The main day of voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia began in the far East with a high voter turnout, but people were eager to use the opportunity to Express their position in advance, said the experts interviewed.
“overall, with regard to appearance, we note a very high interest of citizens. According to the numbers that we see, it’s clear that there is no boycott called for by the opposition. On the contrary, people vote different ways on the sites remotely. For people was important to Express their political and civil position”, – quotes TASS of the political scientist Anna Fedorova.
She noted that the organization of the voting process has become a big burden on the system because of the need to comply with numerous safety requirements.
Director of non-profit Fund of research of problems of democracy Maxim Grigoriev added that the vote goes smoothly and the small issues that arise in the process, as a rule, be decided by the election Commission. “Turnout is very high, a lot of people voted in thanks to many days of voting, it is very convenient for people. A measure like electronic voting itself is also very well demonstrated in two regions (Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod region),” – said Grigoriev.
Director of the Center for political conjuncture Alexei Chesnakov named the nationwide vote unique electoral process which allows to Express a position on the amendments to the Constitution and thereby achieve political rights by the greatest possible number of Russian citizens. According to him, stretched in time by seven days procedure, new forms of voting outside the traditional polling stations and remote electronic voting have become a significant innovation and a key element of this process.
The head of Department of strategic research and forecasting Expert of the Institute for social research (AISI) Ekaterina Sokolova said that voters appreciate the convenience of the new voting mechanisms. “I think it makes sense to extend this approach, including voting in a few days, at future elections,” she said.
The analyst of Institute of communication management Marat Bashirov believes that the bulk of the population goes to vote on 1 July. According to him, this is evident by the turnout in the far East. However, the number of voters already shows that people are comfortable to have some time to spare for will. “While the data on Moscow show that the possibility of electronic voting have already used many. It is the people who permanently live in your smartphone, and already a million people have used the online form to voteIya,” said Bashirov.
Expert AISI Alexander Rudakov also noted the high turnout at voting and citizen satisfaction with the procedure, but believes that by the end of voting increases the risk of provocations. “I think that our civil society is Mature enough to respond quickly to them. In a sense, everything that happens is for our civil society good training to defend the values of our democratic procedures and their results,” he said.
The representative AISI Alexander Malakhov, who predicted the rise of fake messages around voting July 1, but noted that in Russia over the past two years organized efforts to combat them. “The reaction is rapid, an illustration of a more than revealing. It is clear that it is a fake without any explanation. I think this is a very good practice when we move away from the position of explanation, that this is not fake, from the position of the apology. In the modern information world share fake information, and we know how to deal with it is to explain, to show and prove that it is fake,” – said the expert. In his opinion, the purpose of these fake motion blur information and the creation of an atmosphere of unbelief.
Recall that a nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution is taking place in Russia from 25 June to 1 July. In addition to the vote before primary day, provided the voting outside the premises for voting (including adjoining areas), non-home voting, remote electronic voting in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod region and vote on the location through the mechanism of “Mobile voters”.
Wednesday is the last day of voting on Constitution – polling stations opened in the Amur oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and Yakutia, Kamchatka, Chukotka, Sakhalin and in the Magadan region and in Primorye, Khabarovsk territory and Jewish Autonomous region. Start to vote Siberia.
According to the CEC, participated in the vote on the law on amendments to the Constitution for five days, has received nearly 50 million people. According to VTSIOM, Russians voted from the amendment was supported by 76% of the citizens.
