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The current campaign has set a record for the number of registered candidates, noted in his report to the head of the Central election Commission, Ella Pamfilova. Of the 96 thousand candidates across the country were registered more than 88 thousand, which accounted for almost 92% of the total. Of the 105 candidates on Governor’s posts were 75 registered participants, 28 either did not reach the election commissions with documents, or knowingly provided an insufficient number of signatures in their support, or they themselves refused from the further struggle. Only two were denied for failure to comply the requirements of the municipal filter.
“It can be concluded that the election Commission refused registration only in the most extreme cases,” — said Pamfilova.
However, the claim to the municipal filter left. In its present form, this procedure led to the fact that “the ballots were not included a number of respected candidates who could be real competition in elections,” said the CEC head. The Commission intends to discuss the issue at the “round table” on September 28 and transfer the materials “working group