the constitutional plebiscite ended electronic voting. It was attended by residents of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod region. Interpretation of its results will begin at 8 PM today, July 1.
1 million 100 thousand votes. Voters say “Yes” to electronic voting. The turnout in an online format has exceeded 93 percent. Such activity of the residents of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod region, the CEC has evaluated positively.
“If I remember correctly, from what I’ve read, projects of this scale in the world was not. In electoral technology today Russia sets the pace and technologies”, — said the Deputy Chairman of the CEC of Russia Nikolay Bulaev.
a Year ago — an experiment. Today is the service of the future. Remotely voted almost one in seven adult residents of the capital. E-newsletter sent by the mayor of the city Sergey Sobyanin.
“Of the 7.5 million voters signed a million, and it is also clear why. A significant part of Muscovites, according to various estimates, from 20 to 25 percent, do not live in the district where they are registered. They have Moscow registration, registration, and live in another district. And on the day of voting to go to another district doesn’t want to. Especially if they are in different parts of the city. And in the summer a lot of people (especially pensioners, elderly people) are leaving the country. A large number of people went on vacation”, — commented the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin.
the CEC thought electronic voting was a success. Now, this experience want to spread to other regions. I wish to have.
“it Turns out, many regions wanted to vote so. And they complain, ask “Why we now can’t vote?” So nowhere to go, we have to go after nationwide voting, since this was such a great need,” — said the head of the CEC of Russia Ella Pamfilova.
the Cyber-selection in the Nizhny Novgorod region has done more 128 of thousands of people. Online voted for the first time. There were no disruptions.
“we Have virtually no failures, no complaints. At the start of registration issues sometimes arose related to the possibility to register. But we deal with them in a manual manner, and then the questions almost came to naught,” says the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin.
there are a couple of clicks in your smartphone. E-newsletter — analogue of paper. Those who wanted to cast their vote remotely, used the portals mos.ru or gosuslugi.ru. The system pre-tested.
“the CEC actually lock the accounts that have been registered recently. And the second criterion is those accounts that, in addition to registration for voting, not for what is not used and no other action is attempted. These accounts cut off”, — explains General Director of ANO “Prorabotav”, member of the Expert Council on digital economy and blockchain-technologies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nikita Kulikov.
to Hack the system to keep track of who and how he made the choice impossible. Votes are stored encrypted, they cannot be deleted or modified. Security is provided by the blockchain technology.
“first, it will allow you to store data. Second, do not have access with non-certified computers. You can try to crack, but you can’t get access to everything that is contained in this system. And most importantly — it will ensure the safety of the votes of the people who voted online,” — emphasizes the Director of the RAEC, member of the Central staff of the onf Sergei plugotarenko.
Vote online for six days. Those who do not have time to cast their vote remotely will be able to do it July 1 at the polling station.