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Grounds for registering voters and referendum participants


The basis for registering voters and referendum participants is the fact of permanent or predominant residence of a citizen of the Russian Federation on the corresponding territory, which is established by population registration authorities in accordance with the federal law regulating the procedure for implementing the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation1.

  1. Federal Law No. 124-FZ of September 19, 1997, "On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation," dated September 19, 1997, as amended on September 19, 1997, Article 17, paragraph 2 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1997. No. 38. Item 4339. ↩

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