In the Duma introduced “anticruelty” bill

In the state Duma a bill introducing criminal liability for illegally issuing and receiving the ballot for another voter and also for the repeated voting. The document was published in the parliamentary basis of legislation in Thursday, June 8.

Legislators propose to Supplement the criminal code a new article “Illegal issuance and receipt of the ballot, ballot for referendum.”

According to her, the election Commission member who issued the citizen a ballot for another voter or for repeated voting may be punished with a fine from 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles or compulsory works for a term up to four years, or imprisonment for the same term. Similar punishment is stipulated for the results of already filled Bulletin.

For the preparation of the newsletter instead of other voter or to vote more than two times the proposed penalty in the amount of 200 to 500 thousand rubles or compulsory works or deprivation of liberty for a term up to four years. If such acts are committed by a group of persons, then the maximum penalty proposed to toughen up to five years of imprisonment.

Now for a similar offence applies to administrative liability with a maximum fine up to 50 thousand rubles.

The authors of the initiative made by the heads of profile committees of state Duma and Council of Federation Pavel Krasheninnikov, and Andrei Klishas. Earlier the document was submitted to the government and the Supreme court for feedback. Both agencies supported the proposed changes.

Method of influence on the result of the vote, called the “carousel” is the transfer of voters in front of the entrance to the site already completed ballots, which the voter must place it in the ballot box. A new, clean sheet you need to make and exchange the organizer of the fraud for money.

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