A month before the Election Day ‘Golos’ opened Hotline

A month before the polling day, the movement advocating for voters’ rights ‘Golos’ has opened the hotline. We invite everyone who has any information about violations of the electoral law to call and report it. Moreover, you can get consultation. The hotline 8 800 333-33-50 is open from 18 August to 19 September (free calls to all landline and mobile phones in Russia).

Unfortunately, my predictions come true. I have several times warned the CEC, as well as the public, that the requirement to collect signatures in order to qualify for registration of candidate running in single-member constituency can serve as threshold with the strongest candidates failing to surpass it.

‘Map of violations’: boom of playgrounds and attacks on opposition candidates

The Movement ‘Golos’ keeps reporting the violations committed during the 2016 electoral period which ends on 18 September, the Single Election Day.

August 11, 2016 08:53

‘Map of violations’ launched by the movement ‘Golos’ will be embedded on CEC website

CEC will launch an unofficial website ‘CEC informs’, which will share the ‘Map of violations’. At the 35th CEC meeting, its chairwoman Ella Pamfilova announced this information, as the news agency ‘Zakon’ reports.

August 09, 2016 09:21

‘Golos’ assessed party assets

The movement of non-governmental observers ‘Golos’ drew attention to the party budgets and party expenses in anticipation of parliamentary election. Experts insist that the largest parties are financially more dependent on the state, rather than on their supporters.

August 02, 2016 10:40

'Golos' has discovered illegal ‘election’ headquarters in Krasnoznamensk

The movement advocating for voters' rights 'Golos' has submitted a complaint to the Central Election Commission and the Regional Election Commission in Moscow concerning the actions of officials of Krasnoznamensk city administration of Moscow region, as RBC reported on July 25.

Experts ranked administratively dependant election commissions for the Election to the State Duma

The analysis revealed that the composition of 55 regional election commissions - almost two-thirds of the total - will remain almost the same as in 2011 Election.

July 18, 2016 09:40

Will non-privileged parties manage to run for Election to State Duma?

July 18, 2016 09:34

Oddities in State Duma Campaign

July 18, 2016 09:04

The party system: Election test

July 08, 2016 10:34

CEC plans to look into each case of denied registration in Election to the State Duma

July 08, 2016 10:32

On June 24, the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) adopted the recommendation as a result of the special meeting ‘Citizen engagement in election observation process’.

June 29, 2016 13:21

Is there logic in the legislative regulation of the candidate registration based on electoral signatures

From the mid 2000’s Russian electoral legislation was constantly being changed and essentially became unsystematic, says the author. As a result, electoral legislation has significantly shed its inner logic. The brightest illustration for this conclusion is the positions of the federal laws that regulate registration of candidates and electoral lists.

June 23, 2016 12:30

CEC announced key dates in Parliamentary Election Campaign

On June 20, the Central Election Commission approved the timetable of events for the Election to the State Duma of the VII convocation, as CEC announced on its website.

June 21, 2016 17:35

CEC has started the countdown to the single Election Day

June 20, the Central Election Commission started the countdown to the single Election Day.

June 19, 2016 12:47

Like Elections, like Primaries

June 15, 2016 16:40

NTV Gravediggers

UR answers the questions of ‘Golos’ expert concerning the Primaries

‘United Russia’ answered the questions concerning the preparation for the Primaries, that were sent in May by Vitaly Kovin, the political scientist representing the movement ‘Golos’.

June 03, 2016 18:08

The Prosecutor prohibited Krasnodar officials to participate in the election campaign

The ‘Golos’ movement received the response from the Prosecutor’s Office in Ust-Labinsk district of Krasnodar region concerning the document published on the website of Voronezh rural settlement ‘Headquarters for the Election to Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Region, scheduled for October 14, 2012'.

May 30, 2016 12:58

Russian Election Monitor Sets Trap To Test NTV For Wiretapping

Golos, an independent election monitor that has documented widespread violations at Russian ballot boxes in recent years, says it has concluded that NTV journalists are surreptitiously obtaining information about its employees’ movements from Russian law enforcement or intelligence agencies.

May 28, 2016 18:04

Excerpts of the Statement concerning illegitimate interference of the executive authorities in the electoral processes

On May 20, the movement ‘Golos’ has published the second Statement on the Election Observation results in the Russian regions, including - the UR Primaries. We would like to present the main points.

May 26, 2016 18:49

Altai Primaries: Dubious victory with support of state administration

In all the constituencies of Altai region, the candidates supported by the state administration won the ‘United Russia’ primaries.