The state Duma adopted in the first reading a bill that introduces criminal punishment for illegal issuance and receipt of the ballot. About it reports TASS on Friday, July 7.
“Electoral carousel is a fraud, the consequences of which, depending on the level of elections can influence the life of every citizen of the country, violating their constitutional rights,” said one of the authors of the bill, the head of the Duma Committee on state construction and legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov.
He stressed that the fight against such offences need to “dramatically”.
July 4, headed by Krasheninnikov, the Committee recommended the lower house of Parliament to adopt the bill in the first reading.
According to the legislators, the criminal code must be entered article “the Illegal issuance and receipt of the ballot, ballot for referendum.” If a person is in breach twice in the course of the day of the vote, he could face a sentence of up to four years.
In addition, it can be assigned a penalty up to half a million rubles, or compulsory work for a term up to four years. The current legislation provides only administrative responsibility for such violations. The maximum penalty is a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles.
“The carousel” in the election is a method of influence on the course of voting, which is the transfer of voters in front of the entrance to the site already completed ballots. This same man makes out a clean sheet and change it from the organizers of the fraud money.