Violations recorded at polling stations in Astrakhan

At one of the polling stations in Astrakhan, where elections to the city council are taking place, violations were recorded during home voting, and at another, the commission members returned to the premises after the polling station was closed.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, gubernatorial and municipal elections are taking place in the regions of Russia from September 12 to 14, including elections for city council deputies in Astrakhan. In the municipal elections, the main intrigue is how many seats will the parties competing with United Russia get in the city councils, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.

The elections to the Astrakhan City Duma recorded "events that cause serious concern about the transparency of the elections," the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation announced on the evening of September 13.

"At the polling station in the 29th school of the Trusovsky district, immediately after the opening, more than 35 applications for home voting appeared. For comparison, at four neighboring polling stations there were no such applications at all. The observers were initially denied presence at the mobile vote, but one of them was still able to go with the commission and found out that the residents of the apartments to which the members of the precinct election commission came did not submit applications for home voting," the publication posted on the party's website says.

This may indicate stuffing of fictitious applications and artificial increase of turnout, the report notes.

In addition, on September 12, after the closure of polling station No. 438 and sealing of ballots, several members of the commission returned to the school building where the polling station is located and the ballots are stored, the same publication says.

A statement was filed about possible manipulation of ballots

"The light in the voting room was on for about an hour, after which they left the building where the polling station is located. They refused to answer questions about the reasons for their visit. The police were called and a statement was filed about possible manipulation of ballots. An application was also filed with the regional election commission requesting video recordings from surveillance cameras at the polling station. The regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation demands a public investigation and ensuring the integrity of the vote," she said. party.

The Astrakhan Region Electoral Commission and the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, as of 07:15 Moscow time on September 14, had not reported any violations during voting in the region in their Telegram channels.

Recall that in Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast, candidates reported ballot stuffing and falsifications during home voting.

Observers in Kuban also reported ballot stuffing and complained about conflicts with members of election commissions.

On the first day of voting, an observer in Goryachy Klyuch said that a representative of the administration tried to remain at the polling station after the candidates had left and observers to "work with documents." The police were called to the station.