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Election and Referendum Observer


An election and referendum observer is authorized to monitor the conduct of voting, the counting of votes, and other activities of the electoral commission, referendum commission during the period of voting and determination of its results, the determination of election and referendum outcomes, including actions by the electoral commission, referendum commission to verify the correctness of determining the voting results and establishing the outcomes of elections and referendums1.

  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 March 30, 1999, Article 2 // Official Compilation of Legal Acts of the Russian Federation. 1997. No. 38. P. 4339. ↩

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