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2011-12 Election Cycle: content and
aftermath
63,60% 17,18%
7,98%
3,85%
2012 Presidential Elections
6,22%
Putin
Prokhorov
Mironov
Zyuganov
Zhirinovsky
The Results
Russian Electoral System
Regional election committee
Territorial election committee
CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE
Polling stations
Falsifications: how was it possible to steal votes?
what protesters were unhappy about?
A bit of theory:
Technology #1: Machinations with reports
Technology #2: Phantom voters („dead souls‟)
Technology #3: Phantom polling stations
Technology #4: „Carousels‟ and „double-voting‟
Technology #5: Non-transparent voting
Technology #6: Throwing-in
Official results from a Territorial Election Committee: United Russia Party – 45.5%
Data from the Record of the Polling Station Committee: United Russia – 28.7%
FRAUD (!!!)
Bolotnaya Square, 100-130 thousands people
Luzhniki, 100-130 thousands people
Sergey Udaltsov, the leader of the Left front
Alexey Navalny, the leader of the opposition
“Carousel”
Specific method of bribery of voters. Technology of the classical carousel: 1. A voter receives already marked bulletin
outside the polling station.
2. He enters the station, registers with the committee official.
3. Puts the ballot he was given outside the station.
4. „Sells‟ blank bulletin to the „team leader‟.
5. The new bulletin is being marked and given to the next participant.
„Sending off‟ the observers
Observers – official members of polling station committees with the right for deliberative vote.
Observers from undesirable candidates may complicate the work of the committees and thus are sometimes being refused registration or removed for a “valid” reason.
Throwing-in of the bulletins
The use of this technology is versatile:
1. A “voter” puts several bulletins.
2. Frauds with lists of voters (dead souls).
3. Bulletins are put in the ballot boxes prior to the voting.
NB. To avoid potential accusations in the recent elections were used transparent ballot boxes.
Mass-voting using additional voters lists
Workers of organizations with persistent production cycle can vote “at the place of work”.
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Deallocation votes
and temporary polling stations
1) Putin – 907 (89%)
2) Zyuganov – 45
3) Zhirinovskiy – 28
Other, potentially fraudulent forms of election
1) Early voting (used when a voter is not able to cast his vote on a designated day).
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2) At home voting.
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'At home' votes
Did Putin Win?
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Putin
Zyuganov
Zhirinovskiy
Mironov
Prokhorov
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