The state Duma adopted in the first reading the draft on the punishment
Photo: RIA Novosti The state Duma on Friday adopted in the first, basic reading the bill on the introduction of penalties of up to five years imprisonment for illegal issuance and receipt of ballots for other voters or multiple voting. The document was submitted to the Senate in early June, it was sponsored by the heads of profile committees of state Duma and Council of Federation Pavel Krasheninnikov (United Russia) and Andrei Klishas. According to the text of the bill, Chapter 19 of the Penal code is proposed to add article 142.2 “Illegal issuance and receipt of the ballot, ballot for referendum.” The issuance of a member of electoral Commission citizen of the ballot so he can vote instead of other persons or to vote more than two times during one vote, or the issuance of completed ballots it is proposed to punish by a fine from 100 thousand to