The CEC did not satisfy the complaint of parties “Parnassus” and “Communists of Russia” – Russian newspaper

Today, at a meeting of the Central Election Commission did not satisfy the complaint of two parties of the same region, “Communists of Russia” and “Parnassus”.

“Communists of Russia” We were not satisfied with the decision of the Novosibirsk regional election committee not to register the list of candidates for election to the Legislative Assembly. The representative of the “Communist Russia” Ilya Ulyanov, speaking at a meeting of the Central Election Commission, said that in the midst of the election campaign, the electoral commission of the Novosibirsk Region has decided to change the rules of verification of signatures, if previously exposed to 50 per cent checking of voters’ signatures, according to the decision of the Commission dated 13 July 2015, you need to check all the signatures to the electoral commission. As the CEC member Sergei Danilenko, the electoral commission published the text of the resolution on July 15 in the newspaper “Soviet Siberia”. However, Ulyanov claims that this decision “has not been seen”.

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The CEC Chairman Vladimir Churov, head of the Novosibirsk regional election committee chided Yuri Petukhov, expressing his criticism. “Still, you need to approach more carefully to make decisions. There is a general principle, it is undesirable to change the rules, even irrelevant, on the campaign trail. Take a closer attitude and right decision, which will be valid until the end of the election campaign”, – advised Churov. CEC head also pointed out that the report of the representative of the “Communist Russia” contains new information that is not specified in the complaint. He invited parties to file a new complaint to the CEC. “We consider the repeated complaints if you submit your it, with the new data that are contained in your report,” – he said. Ulyanov agreed with the proposal to the CEC head, noting that a decision will be made after consultations with lawyers.

Much less fortunate party “Parnassus,” which also Novosibirsk election commission refused to register lists of candidates for the elections due to insufficient number of valid signatures . CEC agreed with this decision. “We believe that the reliability can be recognized by the signature of 10,191, not enough to register the 466 signatures,” – said a member of the department Sergey Danilenko.

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He said that initially Novosibirsk oblizbirkom invalidated 1,342 signatures of 11 682. The CEC considered reasonable culling 1242 signatures, 100 signatures after checking, it was decided to “return” the party that is recognized as valid. At the same time the CEC found that the void is still 71 signature, since they were brought together members of the precinct election commission with a decisive vote, which is prohibited by law. Another 178 signatures rejected handwriting experts, Danilenko said. According to him, the analysis revealed that the 16 signatures that “Parnassus” indicated in the complaint, does not invalidate the Commission recognized Novosibirsk, 47 signatures were excluded from the number of invalid before the meeting of the election committee.

Commenting on this situation, Vladimir Churov recalled the need to triple check ourselves when verifying signatures. “The fact is recognized that a certain number of errors allowed the inspection bodies”, – said the head of the CEC. However, he noted, and errors in the collection of signatures by the representatives of the party and recognized by them.

Guide “Parnassus”, however, does not intend to give up, and plans to go to court to establish the truth.

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