Resumo

MARMILOVA, Ekaterina; KASHIRSKAYA, Liudmila; KARABASHEVA, Malvina  e  KUDRYASHOVA, Ekaterina. Evaluation of expert opinions on postal voting in the Russian Federation. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.1, pp. 97-101.  Epub 10-Fev-2022. ISSN 2218-3620.

On May 13, 2020, V. Putin signed amendments to the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation", which allowed voting in elections at all levels by postal voting. The primary aim of the study is to assess the opinions of experts on postal voting in the Russian Federation. To meet the aim of the study, the research method is a content analysis of the opinions of experts published in the official mass media. Based on the results acquired, the author of the article comes to the conclusion that a number of expert opinions can be attributed to the debatable aspects of the use of postal voting, postal voting in a pandemic has its advantages, this method will allow the voter to take part in elections in any circumstances, however, postal voting requires some of its modifications from the state. Postal voting can increase voter turnout.

Palavras-chave : Elections; electoral process; voter turnout; postal voting; Russian Federation.

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