MOSCOW, December 30 The first batch of signatures in support for Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin arrived at his campaign headquarters, volunteers delivered documents from the Moscow region, the headquarters reported.
Putin submitted documents to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation to nominate his candidacy for the post of president by self-nomination on December 18.
«Today the first part of the collected signatures from the Moscow region was brought to the Central Headquarters. From January 5, other regions will begin to bring their documents here,» press secretary of the headquarters Alexandra Suvorova told reporters.
According to her, according to the latest According to regional headquarters, more than half a million signatures in support of candidate Putin have been collected throughout the country.
«Now our lawyers will check all the necessary documents… Volunteers across the country continue their work and collect signatures in support of our candidate, all Absolutely votes will be counted. We don’t want to deny people the right to sign in support of our candidate,” added Suvorova.
According to the law, a self-nominated candidate in the presidential election must collect at least 300 thousand voter signatures in his support, so that each subject of the Russian Federation has at least 7.5 thousand signatures of those living on its territory.Signatures in support of the candidate must be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation from December 27 to January 31, after which the Central Election Commission will check them, consider all documents and, within 10 days, make a decision on registering the candidate for elections or refusal to do so.
Russian presidential elections are scheduled for March 17, 2024.