The document introduces the right of the head and parliament of the region to recall the senatorMoscow.
May 29. INTERFAX - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law clarifying the procedure for holding elections when martial law is imposed. Information about this is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information.
According to the law, under martial law, the governor has the right not earlier than 130 days and not later than 90 days before the voting day to send a proposal to the CEC of the Russian Federation to hold elections on the territory of the subject. The CEC, no later than five days from the date of receipt of such a proposal, must consult with the Ministry of Defense and the FSB, and, based on the results, make a decision on the appointment or non-appointment of elections. At the same time, the possibility of shortening the terms of electoral actions is allowed.
At the same time, it is stipulated that "the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections and referendums may establish other features of the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums during the period of martial law."
A number of other novelties are being introduced into the electoral legislation. In particular, candidates and parties will not be allowed to campaign using websites that are restricted by Roskomnadzor.
When holding elections to federal bodies of state power and presidential elections, local self-government bodies will be able to allocate funds from the budget of the subject of the Russian Federation, the local budget to assist in the preparation and conduct of elections (including payments to members of election commissions), as well as in informing voters, the law says.
In addition, candidates are allowed to distribute campaign materials made for the election campaign, the cost of which does not exceed 2% of the subsistence minimum in the whole of the Russian Federation per capita per unit of production, now 2% is 276 rubles per unit of production. The current law prescribes a limit of 100 rubles.
The law also establishes a minimum amount of voluntary donations for elections from citizens and legal entities - it cannot be more than 3% of the subsistence minimum per capita in Russia as a whole.
According to the law, voter lists, if compiled or clarified, can now be produced electronically and signed with electronic signatures of the chairman, secretary of the precinct commission.
It is also envisaged that when counting votes from the media, only journalists who are registered under an employment contract can be present and those who work under a civil contract will not be able to.
The law also provides for the formation of extraterritorial polling stations for elections, the exclusion of the concept of "absentee ballots".
According to the law, a member of the Federation Council - a representative from a constituent entity of the Russian Federation may be recalled before the expiration of his term of office on the recommendation of the state authority of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation that made the decision to grant him the powers of a senator (governor or legislative assembly).
The submission of the recall is submitted to the Federation Council for consideration and decision-making. A submission on revocation may not be submitted within a year from the date of entry into force of the decision of the relevant state authority of the subject of the Russian Federation on the empowerment of a senator of the Russian Federation - a representative from the subject of the Russian Federation, as well as less than three months before the expiration of the term of office of such a senator.
If, according to the results of the review, the Federation Council rejected the submission on the recall of the senator, then the state power body of the subject of the Russian Federation, which made the decision to empower the senator, may re-submit the submission no earlier than six months later, the document states.
"The procedure for recalling a senator was provided for at one time, then it was removed, but now in the general development of new provisions of the Constitution, we propose to return it," Dmitry Vyatkin, co-author of the amendments, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation, explained to Interfax earlier.
According to him, the practice of applying the law suggests that, for example, "senior officials cannot always finalize before the end of their term of office, and a new governor may come with his team," who may nominate another senator.
