Voting with an absentee certificate is possible if the voter on the day of elections is unable to visit the polling station at the place of registration.
Instructions
Step 1
Find out the address of the territorial election commission at the place of your registration. This information can be obtained on the official website of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. To do this, in the central part of the main page, find a map of Russia, click on it. Select the required constituent entity of the Russian Federation, follow the map prompts. In the page that opens, find the address and working hours of the election commission to which you are attached after registration.
Step 2
Visit the territorial election commission at the place of your registration. This must be done at the strictly allotted hours for the reception of voters, but no later than the day before the start of the elections.
Step 3
Show your passport of the Russian Federation to the election commission officer.
Step 4
Fill out the application of the established form for obtaining an absentee certificate, put your signature.
Step 5
Get an absentee certificate in your hands.
Step 6
On election day, visit the polling station at the place of your actual location, present your absentee certificate and the passport of the election commission.
Step 7
Issue a power of attorney to obtain an absentee certificate for your representative if you cannot visit the territorial election commission at your place of registration on your own. Please note that this document must be certified by a notary public or private practitioner. If you are in a medical and prophylactic institution, the power of attorney must be certified by the administration of the medical institution. Your representative, on the basis of this power of attorney and his passport, will receive an absentee certificate from the territorial election commission at the place of your registration.
Step 8
If you are on the road on Election Day, keep in mind that there will be polling stations at train stations and airports. The list of these places is presented on the website of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
