A woman takes part in remote electronic votingMOSCOW, Jan 18It is unlikely that any other subject of the Russian Federation will find the resources to develop its own system of remote electronic voting (DEG), although the draft law on uniform rules for conducting remote electronic voting allows the use of regional systems, said Deputy Chairman of the CEC Nikolai Bulaev, noting that the existing federal and Moscow the systems can work in a coordinated mode. The United Russia Expert Council supported the draft law on uniform rules for conducting remote electronic voting. Currently, the procedure for conducting a DEG is regulated by separate legislative acts.The Communist Party of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a draft law on the abolition of electronic voting During the meeting of the expert council, Bulaev recalled that 2,650,000 voters used the remote electronic voting system in the elections to the State Duma. when they speak, they come, they vote. Such a turnout cannot be ensured, probably never, at the classic polling stations,» the deputy chairman of the CEC explained. At the same time, the classic polling stations will remain, he assured. Bulaev added that it is technically and intellectually difficult to develop an electronic remote voting system and not cheap financially. Today, he recalled, there are two platforms — the federal one, on which the voters of six subjects voted in these elections, and the Moscow platform. «It seems to us that these platforms can work in one coordinated mode, we have no contradictions that would be insoluble. The platforms and activities of both platforms are governed by the same rules for its use,» the deputy chairman of the CEC believes.The CEC spoke about cyber attacks from abroad during the elections to the State Duma. He drew attention to the fact that the bill spells out the possibility of using regional state information systems, but they can only be used if they have the appropriate certification and attestation.» This is done by two regulators, the FSTEC and the FSB. It is extremely difficult to obtain such a conclusion from them, because they impose very high level requirements in everything related to working with personal data, the protection circuit, etc. All these are quite lengthy procedures, on the one hand, on the other hand, there are no concessions. It seems very unlikely that someone else in the subject can find the necessary intellectual, technical and financial resources to create this kind of platform,» Bulaev believes. According to him, the two already existing DEG platforms can provide people who, for various reasons, cannot come to the polling station, the opportunity to vote remotely.
The CEC adopted the procedure for voting in the elections until the summer of 2022
