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2010-08-09 Russia’s Human Rights Leaders to Unite, Work with Opposition to Push for Dialogue with Regime Nine of Russia’s leading human rights activists have formed the Human Rights Council of Russia to improve coordination among their groups and to cooperate with opposition political parties in response to what they describe as “the decisive offensive of the powers that be against the rights of man and citizen.” New Election Codex Project Discussed Online Last month, a Russian non-governmental election-monitoring organization, “Golos” (A Voice), published [RUS] an alternative Election Codex on the internet, that is designed to provide free, fair and transparent elections in Russia. It is one of a few recent examples of publicly developed draft bills that are promoted online. Kommersant Vlast, N26, July 5, 2010 ONE CANNOT GET ELECTED WITHOUT A BOTTLE OF VODKA A new Election Code has been elaborated by independent experts in Russia Author: Dmitry Kamyshev [The draft Election Code authors suggest that a renovated personalized mixed election system based on advanced electoral technologies that have been tested abroad be introduced in Russia] Final Statement of GOLOS Association: Decrease in the Level of Public Monitoring, General Violations of Remote Voting Procedures and Counting of BallotsFinal Statement of GOLOS Association: Decrease in the Level of Public Monitoring, General Violations of Remote Voting Procedures and Counting of Ballots On March 14th, 2010 more than 700 representatives of GOLOS Association conducted public monitoring of voting and counting procedures at polling stations, and the tabulation of the results in the higher-level electoral commissions during elections in Altay Republic, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kurgan, Ryazan’, Sverdlovsk regions, and also in Astrakhan, Vladimir, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Sochi, Tula, Chelyabinsk. Press-release # 3 Election Day in Russian regions GOLOS Association states that no large scale violations were reported during opening of the polling stations. In general, the polling stations were opened on time and according to the procedure. Press-release #2 GOLOS Reports Multiple Cases of Organized Voting, Bussing and Remote Voting Procedure Violations Representatives of GOLOS reported that during the day they continued observing negative trends previously reported in the morning. Those were the cases of unauthorized persons present at the polling stations, limiting voters’ rights, rights of observers, mass media and members of electoral commissions , as well as numerous cases of organized voting with absentee ballots, transportation of the voters to polling stations, bribing voters in some regions. Summary of messages from Hotline of GOLOS Association as of 4 pm March 14th , 2010 On March 1st, GOLOS’ “Transparent Elections” independent public hotline was launched. Messages on viola-tions during electoral campaign keep coming to toll free federal number 8 800 333-33-50 and via website form at www.88003333350.ru. Messages received are posted on the above mentioned website and the data is transferred to electoral commissions and law enforcement institutions for further investigations and taking measures. Hotline is one of the elements of public monitoring system which has been widely used by GOLOS Association. Summary of messages From Hotline of GOLOS Association as of 3:00 pm March 14th , 2010 On March 1st, GOLOS’ “Transparent Elections” independent public hotline was launched. Messages on violations during electoral campaign keep coming to toll free federal number 8 800 333-33-50 and via website form at www.88003333350.ru. Messages received are posted on the above mentioned website and the data is transferred to electoral commissions and law enforcement institutions for further investigations and taking measures. Hotline is one of the elements of public monitoring system which has been widely used by GOLOS Association. Summary of Messages From Hotline of GOLOS Association as of 11:30 am March 14th , 2010 On March 1st, GOLOS’ “Transparent Elections” independent public hotline was launched. Messages on violations during electoral campaign keep coming to toll free federal number 8 800 333-33-50 and via website form at www.88003333350.ru. Messages received are posted on the above mentioned website and the data is transferred to electoral commissions and law enforcement institutions for further investigations and taking measures. Hotline is one of the elements of public monitoring system which has been widely used by GOLOS Association. Smooth Opening at Most Polling Stations, GOLOS Expresses Concerns About Absentee Voting Procedures and Pressure on GOLOS Representatives Today, on March the 14th, 2010, about 700 representatives of “GOLOS” Association are observing elections in Altay Republic, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kurgan, Ryazan and Sverdlovsk regions, as well as in the cities of Astrakhan, Vladimir, Yekaterinburg, Ivanonvo, Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Tula and Chelyabinsk. This release represents information reported by GOLOS correspondents by 10:00 AM local time. 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 |
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