there are only two weeks before a nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution of Russia. Moscow — one of the two regions of the country (the second — Nizhny Novgorod oblast), where in addition to the traditional electoral procedures will be conducted by electronic voting. This means that the city has and related technologies, and public demand. The applying for online voting is already open, the issues of security and compliance monitoring procedures are worked out. According to experts and social activists, the procedure of e-voting is more protection against all types of threats than traditional elections with paper ballots.
to vote online already collected more than 800 thousand Muscovites. From 5 to 21 June until 14.00 every citizen has a protected account or in the capital the Federal state Services portal (mos.ru or gosuslugi.ru) can apply to participate in the online voting for amendments to the Constitution. It is not harder than just go to one of these portals. During the voting period — that is from 25 to 30 June will need to re-enter the portal to get there e-newsletter, make a selection and send your voice — and then it turns into an encrypted record in the common database of the election, and the ballot is destroyed, not being preserved even on the computer or phone of the voter. This is done in order to preserve the secrecy of the vote.
— Those who believe that the classic version of the electoral process more vulnerable to fraud and manipulation, of course, will use e-vote — says people’s artist of Russia Askold Zapashny. — It is their right, and, indeed, the possibility of alternatives in this issue very helpful. Dual approach — the right solution.
the Security of electronic voting procedure is indeed higher than the traditional: in particular, because the technology of online elections based on the blockchain. This solution is used in many countries — Russia in this case, uses the standard development programmers in all countries, including our compatriots. Blockchain data is saved together with information about their history — allows you to make choices at the same time secure and anonymous.
— Electronic means of identification, authentication, registration, confirmation of identity are a priori much more secure, efficient, safe, than their paper counterparts — said Sergey Plugotarenko, Director, Russian Association for electronic communications. — To forge a paper document is much easier. Although psychologically, of course, we think that paper is more secure, in fact it is not. According to the concept of digitalization of voting, every step of choosing electronicat this point, as it repeats the traditional voting process. And all these stages in real-time into the blockchain structure. Next, the user has the ability to view their (and only!) data and viewing anonymous online statistics during the voting in real time.
One of the consequences of using such technologies in the electoral process — something that every voter can simultaneously be an observer of voting: real-time track the results, sure it is counted. This is a new level of transparency — note that in a traditional election, even linear observers at the polling stations denied access to the SAS “Vybory”.
Another frequently asked question — security procedures, data protection voters. According to Sergei Plugotarenko, the risks are minimal: preparing for the digital ballot was conducted with the participation of all competent authorities, including the FSB and MVD of Russia. It security services responsible for the security of portals — hence, technologies that provide a vote, not less resistant to break-ins.
At the same time advantages of digital voting are undeniable: it will facilitate the implementation of civic duty for those who, for one reason or another inconvenient to be present at the polling station in person. “The new format will be convenient for the younger part of the society, focused on electronic systems, not only in terms of voting, but also shopping, entertainment, leisure, education, communication, — the political scientist Vladimir Shapovalov. — This category will have the opportunity to make voting in a familiar and comfortable world. Sure, electronic voting will attract a significant number of young people who had not taken part in electoral processes”.
— of Course, everyone has the right to choose the format of voting — highlights 4-time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov. But I believe that we are in a period of quarantine so embedded in virtual spaces that not only lazy to learn the basics of computer science. Soon any electoral processes can proceed in the electronic version, which saves time and energy of voters and does not load the members of the electoral Commission tons of ballots.
the Option of remote voting is the way it is in 2020 when many of the residents have moved to the quarantine period to testify. On the whole, the height of summer — the season when the city puts millions of inhabitants of the metropolis. “Only in order to vote, return is not necessary, — says analyst Sergei Markov. — You only need to have the Internet. The prospect of an electronic system is that it allows the vote to people who are in different ��estah. For example, on vacation or at the cottage”.
we should say about the epidemic of the coronavirus which has begun in Russia on the decline, is still far from complete. The organizers of the vote took all possible steps to ensure that it was safe — one of these measures is the introduction of online procedure. This will help minimize congestion at the polls. “The date of the vote, in my opinion, is safe in terms of improving the epidemiological situation”, — said the Director of the fgbi “national research medical center of obstetrics, gynecology and Perinatology named after academician Kulakov”, academician Gennady Dry. Thus, according to him, the electronic voting is more secure way of expression.
the Procedure for e-voting, again, is quite simple — will begin on 25 June at 10.00 am in the portal 2020og.ru. Users who prior to June 21 time to file an application for participation in this voting form, you will need to log into this portal using your account on mos.ru or gosuslugi.ru and open the page of the electronic newsletter. Code for voting will come by SMS to the phone number specified in your personal Cabinet. The voting will last till 20.00 on June 30.
the Last test of the electronic voting system is June 19 — a test vote will be held from 8 to 20 hours. The question proposed for test, it is not political — Muscovites are invited to choose, which is important for the city: additional Parking in the yards or the expansion of green space. To participate in this vote are those who have already registered for online voting on the Constitution.
As is done in many countries implementing e-voting, — not without incentive programs. In Moscow it’s called “millions of prizes”: the participants in e-voting cast coupons-certificates in denominations of from 1 to 4 thousand rubles. Joined the program already 60 companies (shops, cafes, etc.). Message with a unique number will automatically send to all registered participants can vote online 24 Jun to the phone number specified in your account, and from 25 to 30 June after the participant leaves his voice.
