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Muscovites who signed up for electronic voting under the Constitution, person can only vote on 1 July provided that they did not cast his vote remotely, said in a letter to Secretary of the Moscow city election Commission chairmen Ticks.

Earlier, at a polling station in Moscow, the voter removed from the list in connection with submission of applications for participation in remote electronic voting, a member of the PEC mistakenly issued a Bulletin. The ballot box with the ballot of the citizens were sealed, the ballot was declared invalid.

"voters who registered for remote electronic voting, can vote at the polling station at the place of residence on July 1, 2020 and after establishing the fact that the voter did not receive ballot access remote e-voting. The results of the newsletter on the site at the place of residence of the voters, enrolled in deg from 25 to 30 June 2020 is a gross violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation and normative legal acts", – the document says.

It is noted that repeated issuance and receipt of the ballot papers provides for administrative liability (article 5.22 KoAP of the Russian Federation No. 195-FZ of 30.12.2001) and criminal liability (article 142.2 of the criminal code No. 63-FZ of 13.06.1996).

"Please exclude the possibility of such violations of precinct election commissions," the letter said the Secretary.

A nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation was scheduled for 22 April, but then postponed due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the country. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the vote will take place on 1 July. Nizhny Novgorod region, along with Moscow were the two pilot regions, which residents can vote remotely.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.