(Development of Legal Regulation of Electronic Voting in Russia)

The article analyzes the features and problems of using the institution of remote voting in the electoral process in general and the problem of invalidation of elections associated with the use of this institution, in particular. The article reveals the features of the implementation of the remote electronic voting procedure in practice, and also reveals such problems associated with the use of software as the presence of gaps in modern legislation in terms of regulating the invalidity of the described elections, uncertainty in matters of violations in this area of electoral law. The article concludes about the shortcomings of the existing legal regulation and identifies possible solutions to the identified problems.

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Constitutional legal regulation of the use of information technologies in the electoral process of the Russian Federation: Problems and prospects for development

Izvestiya of Saratov University New Series Series Economics Management Law ◽

10.18500/1994-2540-2021-21-2-215-222 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 215-222

Author(s):

Daria A. Kondrashchenko ◽

Keyword(s):

Video Surveillance ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

Electronic Voting ◽

Federal Law ◽

Electoral Process ◽

Important Place ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Russian Federation

Introduction. Currently, information technologies occupy an important place in the life of every person and they are actively used in all spheres of the life of society and the state. The electoral process is one of the spheres of active use of the latest information technologies. Thus, in the elections and referenda Russia regularly uses electronic devices for voting, vote counting and data transfer within the system of election commissions, as well as means of video surveillance and broadcasting of images in the premises for voting. Theoretical analysis. Analyzing the legal basis for the use of information technologies in the electoral process of the Russian Federation, it should be noted that the importance of these technologies is emphasized in the latest edition of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The electoral legislation of the Russian Federation is very large-scale and, in addition to the basic Federal Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation”, the organizational and legal features of the use of information technologies are regulated by a number of legal acts. Empirical analysis. Considering the fact that information technologies have been used in various forms in the Russian electoral process for a long time, their significant technical changes should be emphasized. The analysis of the various aspects of the use of these technologies has allowed to allocate their advantages and disadvantages. Results. The author identified the problems of legal regulation of stationary and remote electronic voting and also the problems of using video surveillance and image broadcasting, including on the Internet. The author also stresses the need to systematize the existing rules and fill existing legal gaps and, therefore, the proposals on regulation of the organizational and legal features of the use of these technologies in the Federal Law “On electronic voting in the Russian Federation”.

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Electronic voting in modern Russia: discussions, technologies, am experiments

Religación. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades ◽

10.46652/rgn.v4i22.578 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (22) ◽

pp. 268-273

Author(s):

Irina Akimova ◽

Shapiev Siyabshakh ◽

Olga Blinova ◽

Vera Mankovskaya ◽

Olga Kitnovskaia

Keyword(s):

Legal Regulation ◽

Electronic Voting ◽

Gradual Transition ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Moscow City ◽

Voting System ◽

Electronic Voting System ◽

Further Development ◽

Positive Results ◽

Selective Process

We discussed the increasing interest in the use of technical means for voting in elections and referendums with a gradual transition to electronic voting. Our article deals with the peculiarities of the experiment on the organization and conduct of remote electronic voting in the elections of deputies of the Moscow City Duma of the seventh convocation, scheduled for September 8, 2019. In addition, the article analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of electronic voting, offers recommendations on eliminating some risks associated with the use of this type of electronic voting. The received results of the experiment will allow to define directions of the further work on perfection of legal regulation of introduction in selective process of modern digital technologies. In case of positive results, practical and technological solutions can be developed, which will ensure further development of the remote electronic voting system in Russia.

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