Every citizen of Russia who has reached the age of majority has the right to participate in elections. Turnout at polling stations is sometimes very low. One reason is that not all voters have information about exactly where they need to go to vote.
You will need
- - The local newspaper in which official information is published;
- - phonebook;
- - passport.
Instruction manual
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You can find out where to go to vote long before election day. The territorial election commission forms polling stations, the list of which is approved by the local representative body. Information about this is published in the local newspaper. This order is observed not only in municipal elections, but also in regional or federal ones. The list shows the number of the polling station and houses whose residents are assigned to this station.
2
If you do not write out a local newspaper, and there is no way to see it in the library, open the official website of your municipality. There must be the coordinates of the territorial election commission. A list of polling stations should also be published on the official website, but this is not always and everywhere. Therefore, you can simply call the territorial commission and indicate your address. You should be given the number of the polling station, as well as the place where it is located. As a rule, this is the nearest educational institution or cultural institution.
3
Do not forget to regularly look in your inbox. Precinct election commissions are required to send registered notifications that indicate which elections are coming, their date and place. Please note that a notification will be sent to the address where you are registered.
4
On election day, you have the right to appear at the polling station at the place of your registration. You need to take a passport with you. No other document is the basis for issuing you a ballot. There are exceptions, but they are all strictly defined by law.
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If you are planning to leave on election day, you can vote ahead of schedule or take an absentee ballot. Early voting is held at their polling station. By absentee ballot you can vote on any site. Information on the start of early voting can be found in the official body of the federal, regional or local government. For example, such an official federal authority is Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Having arrived with the absentee ballot at the polling station, find the table with the corresponding sign, present the absentee ballot and passport and get a ballot.
