Lines after polling stations closed, tape around an observer, and detentions. What is happening at the end of the elections

Lines after polling stations closed, tape around an observer, and detentions. What is happening at the end of the elections

Voting has ended, but at some polling stations people tried to vote after closing, while conflicts continued at others. Here is what is happening toward the end of the third day of elections.

People are not being allowed to vote

🟠 In Moscow, long lines formed by the time polling stations closed. Hundreds of voters did not manage to vote before 8:00 p.m.

🟠 The Moscow City Election Commission stated that those who came to polling stations before they closed must be allowed to vote even after 8:00 p.m. However, people were driven out of several polling stations.

🟠 At a polling station in Kommunarka, where possibly the longest line in Moscow had gathered, a car drove up with Noize MC’s song “Svetlaya polosa” playing at full volume.

They are interfering with observation of the count

🟠 An observer was separated from the vote-counting area with masking tape. He was allowed to be only behind a line drawn on the floor.

They are detaining and attacking people

🟠 In St. Petersburg, a precinct election commission member from Yabloko was detained after another commission member reported her: he claimed that she had said the word “war” in a private conversation.

🟠 Another observer, after being detained, was returned to the polling station, where the territorial election commission chair attacked her: the woman’s phone was smashed, her documents were taken away, and scratches and marks from the use of force remained on her arms.

They are registering people for military service

🟠 A Muscovite said that after voting through remote electronic voting, he received a notification on Gosuslugi that he had been registered for military service.

Video: RusNews

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