MOSCOW, January 5 Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation At a meeting on Friday, it registered LDPR Chairman Leonid Slutsky as a candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation, the correspondent reports.
It was previously reported that on January 1, the Central Election Commission accepted Slutsky’s documents for registration as a candidate for the post of President of Russia.
In total, the CEC of Russia received 33 notifications about events related to the nomination of candidates for the position of president, including 9 from political parties, 24 from citizens who declared their self-nomination, of which 15 people submitted documents to the CEC of Russia .
“Four applicants for candidacy were unable to fully comply with the requirements of the law, and the documents they submitted contained such gross errors that the Central Election Commission was forced to refuse registration of authorized representatives of these candidates,” it was reported at the meeting The commission is chaired by Ella Pamfilova.
The Russian presidential elections will be held on March 17, 2024. Nominees from parliamentary parties do not need to collect voter signatures; they can submit documents for registration until the end of January. The CEC must decide on the registration of all candidates no later than February 10.