The regions themselves will be able to decide on the timing of voting

MOSCOW, June 8 make a decision on holding multi-day voting in elections or voting on one day, said the head of the Russian Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova. «I would like to emphasize the most important thing … regions — we will not, we are not making a decision now (on multi-day voting for them) federal campaign, then we made a decision in what format and in what mode to apply or not to use multi-day voting. We justified it by one or another circumstance. In this case, on the eve of a single voting day, now the regions themselves are their right, the decision on whether to conduct elections on one day or multi-day voting. (The decision) will be made by those commissions that organize certain levels of elections,» Pamfilova said during a meeting of the CEC of Russia. She added that the necessary legal basis for voting in the 2022 regional elections, which are scheduled for September 11, is on the same day. «We all know that traditionally, in accordance with the law, voting in our elections is held on the same day, on Sunday. It is — a single voting day — in this case, September 11. This year, we, like everyone else, consider it to be its main voting day. And now there is all the necessary legal basis in order to conduct voting on one day, there is nothing additional no need to consider it now,» Pamfilova said.