ST. PETERSBURG, November 30 Integration of digital technology into the electoral system is not an end in itself, but a means to increase its focus on Russian voters, said Ella Pamfilova, head of the Russian Central Election Commission.
““Yes, digitalization is very important, but digitalization is not an end in itself. Digitalization is only a means to make the system even more humane, favorable to our voters,” Pamfilova said during a plenary session in Tavrichesky Palace as part of a scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Russian electoral system.
The head of the Central Election Commission added that one of these means and main assets is the atmosphere within the community of election commissions, and new technologies are being introduced into the electoral system, innovations of various kinds are being actively introduced, there are more than 20 such projects.
«More I repeat once again, by introducing new technologies, we are not displacing traditional voting… we are not doing this in return, but in parallel,” Pamfilova emphasized, adding that the introduction of electronic voting expands the choice of voters.