ANNUNCIATION, 19 SEP. Polling stations opened on the main voting day at 08.00 (02.00 Moscow time) in the Amur Region, the Trans-Baikal Territory and Yakutia, in Buryatia, voting starts at 03.00 Moscow time. Voting in the Duma and other elections on a single voting day will take place this year from 17 to 19 September. The State Duma is elected for a five-year term under a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected from party lists, another 225 — from single-mandate constituencies in one round.
In Russia, elections are most discussed in Moscow. 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, Liberal Democratic Party, New People, United Russia, Fair Russia — For Pravda, Yabloko, Party of Growth, Russian Freedom Party and Justice, «Communists of Russia», «Civil Platform», «Green Alternative», «Rodina» and «Party of Pensioners.» hospitals and shift workers' camps. In addition to the elections to the State Duma, elections of deputies to the Legislative Assembly and 67 more municipal campaigns are being held in the Amur Region. For example, in Belogorsk — the second most populous city in the region — voters receive six ballots in their hands, here they elect a new composition of the city Council of People's Deputies.
The turnout in the elections in the Volgograd region amounted to 47.1 percent. Early in the elections to the State Duma in the Amur region, according to the local election commission, 2,075 people voted — these are those who live and work in remote settlements. Early voting ballots are stored in sealed portable boxes and will be processed during the general vote count — September 19. 822 polling stations have been opened in Yakutia, including 28 temporary ones, in total there are more than 646 thousand voters in the republic. In addition to elections to the State Duma, additional elections to the regional parliament (Il Tumen) are held here, as well as municipal elections, almost six thousand people voted early, including reindeer herders in Bulunsky district. All three voting days can be observed in a special public center. which is located in the capital of Yakutia, anyone can come here, the center will work until the last bulletin is processed.
Political analysts assessed the turnout in the elections to the State Duma Residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory at 917 polling stations, in addition to the State Duma deputies, elect a new composition of the regional parliament, and elections to local self-government bodies are also held here. In total, more than 780.6 thousand voters are registered in Transbaikalia, of which more than 243 thousand are in Chita. For the first time, the headquarters for observation of elections works in Chita, here they broadcast online videos from the largest polling stations, where more than 75% of voters will vote, as well the headquarters has the opportunity to review video from cameras at the sites to track possible violations. Anyone can come to the headquarters, according to the authorities. In the Republic of Buryatia, on the main voting day, 899 polling stations will open, here they will elect deputies of the State Duma, by-elections to the People's Khural (the highest legislative body of the region), as well as voting for deputies and heads of municipal representative authorities. In total, in Buryatia, as of July 1, 2021, there are 702 thousand 485 voters. In Buryatia, about 1.5 thousand police officers, Rosgvardia, people's vigilantes and employees of private security organizations will maintain law and order in the polling stations.
The public headquarters said that it did not record violations in the elections in Moscow
