VLADIVOSTOK, 17 sep. The governor of Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako took part in the elections of deputies to the State Duma and the regional legislative assembly, becoming one of the first participants in the first day of voting in the region, the regional government reports.
«Oleg Kozhemyako took part in the elections with his wife Irina and became one of the first participants in the first day of voting in Primorye,» the message says.
Kozhemyako gave his vote for candidates at polling station No. 727, at the place of registration. «I have been taking part in the elections since I returned from the army since 1982. And I always do it with pleasure … All the rules of sanitary and epidemiological safety are observed at the polling stations. that everyone who wants to vote can do it today, in the morning or at lunchtime, I know that at some enterprises, women have shorter working hours. This is the most convenient option. And on weekends, if the weather is fine, it is better to go to the countryside , to do personal business, «- said Kozhemyako, whose words are quoted in the message.
The Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov voted in the elections Voting in the Duma and other elections takes place this year from 17 to 19 September. In Primorye, elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation, deputies of the regional legislative assembly, and a number of local elections have begun. As of July 2021, 1,433,850 voters were registered in Primorye. The State Duma is elected for a five-year term under a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected by party lists, another 225 — by single-mandate constituencies in one round. 14 parties have registered federal lists of candidates for the State Duma. According to the draw, in the ballot they will be arranged in the following order: Communist Party of the Russian Federation, «Greens», LDPR, «New People», «United Russia», «Fair Russia — For Truth», «Yabloko», Party of Growth, Russian Party of Freedom and Justice , «Communists of Russia», «Civil Platform», «Green Alternative», «Motherland» and the Party of Pensioners.
Residents of Vladivostok actively go to the polls, despite the rain and early morning