The institution of elections is considered basic in any democratic state, while the forms and types of the electoral system differ. For example, elections in America are fundamentally different from elections in Russia, where the entire people, and not a group of electors, express their attitude to politics and power.
Instructions
Step 1
In the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the state provides for universal suffrage based on 7 principles. Any sane adult citizen of Russia has the right to be elected and be elected.
Step 2
Elections in Russia are direct, i.e. a voter votes in an election for or against a candidate (list of candidates) directly. At the same time, the Constitution enshrined the voluntary choice, i.e. You cannot force a person to vote or not.
Step 3
Since 2012, a “single voting day” has been practiced in Russia - one of the spring Sundays and one of the autumn Sundays is devoted to organizing elections throughout the country, on this day absolutely all election commissions work, including those abroad.
Step 4
Since 2013, a video surveillance system has been introduced at all polling stations, as well as an online broadcast of the voting process on the Internet. This was done to exclude falsification of the results of the expression of the will of citizens.
Step 5
One week before the appointed date of the elections, the employees of the election commission shall notify in writing each citizen residing in the territory entrusted to them (electoral precinct) of the date and place of the voting.
Step 6
Arriving at the polling station at the place of residence with an identity document, a citizen must register (sign in front of his name and passport data) and receive a ballot paper.
Step 7
Ballot papers are not subject to numbering, and no one has the right to try to identify him, that is, to establish the identity of the voter.
Step 8
Elections in Russia are secret, in order to preserve the secrecy of the expression of will, voting booths are organized at the polling stations - most often these are screens with a stand and a handle.
Step 9
Having passed into the booth, the citizen must familiarize himself with the ballot paper and put a mark in front of the candidate he has chosen. Until recently, citizens could vote against all candidates on the list, but today this practice is out of the question.
Step 10
The citizen lowers the ballot into the ballot box, which is usually located in full view in the center of the hall. The ballot box can be electronic, and then, passing through the reader, the ballot is counted, and the information in it is read by the system and entered into the database. This redundant function allows you to control the course of the counting of votes, however, disclosure of information before the end of the vote is strictly prohibited. In a transparent ballot box or ballot box, ballots are simply folded so that it is possible to get them out of there only by opening a special lock.
Step 11
All elections end at 20-00 local time. After the end of the voting day, the election commission, under the supervision of independent observers, begins counting ballots. This is a long and painstaking procedure. During the night, members of the commission and observers have the right to announce the preliminary results of the elections. No later than three days later, the election result is announced - whether it took place or not, as well as the official data of the first counts. The candidate or party with the majority of votes is deemed to have won the election.
