He Russian President Vladimir Putinyou have chosen to use the electronic voting to participate in the presidential elections, showing their support for this method on the first day of the elections for their possible fifth term. A short video posted by the Russian presidency It shows him exercising his right to vote from his office, in front of a computer.
Putin, who for reasons of Informatic security rejects the use of the internet and mobile phone, he already voted remotely in 2021, during legislative elections in Russia; in 2022, to elect Moscow deputies, and in 2023, during the Moscow Mayoral elections.
“It is a very comfortable and secure way to vote. I recommend it to those who want and can use it.”said the head of the Kremlin in 2022.
At the same time, this is the first time that russians They can vote ‘online’ in presidential elections, since this tool, criticized by the opposition as an instrument of fraud, was not yet used in the previous 2018 elections.
In 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2018, Putin exercised his right to vote in the electoral college of the Academy of Sciences of Russia. Electronic voting is precisely the preferred voting method of 80% of Muscovites, according to the Central Election Commission.
“In Moscow 80% of voters prefer to vote remotely and only 20% go to the polls”CEC President Ela Pamfílova said today.
According to data from 3:00 p.m., time of Moscow (12.00 GMT), on the first day of the presidential electionwhich will last three days, in Moscow More than 2.3 million people out of nearly 8 million voters had already voted electronically.
Source: Gestion
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