§ Article 62(untitled)

bsentee Certificate
(as amended by the Federal Law of October 4, 2010, No.263-FZ)

 1. The law may establish that voter, referendum participant who cannot come to polling
station of election precinct, referendum precinct where he is included in list of voters,
referendum participants is entitled to receive an absentee certificated in commission
established by the law and in terms established by the law and participate in voting (within the
limits of electoral district, referendum district, where such voter, referendum participant has an
active electoral right, right to participate in a referendum) at election precinct, referendum
precinct where he will stay on the voting day. The term of issue of absentee certificates
established by the law shall not be less than 30 days and shall end on the day prior to the
voting day.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 2. If the event of coinciding of the voting days at elections and (or) referendum of
various levels where the law may establish voting with absentee certificates, such absentee
certificated are issued within terms established by the law regulating the procedure of conduct
of elections (referendum) of the higher level.

 3. Absentee certificates are documents subject to strict accountability with unified
numeration in the whole territory of elections, referendum. Absentee certificate used at
elections where the law provides for repeat election shall have a coupon. Absentee certificate is
produced in accordance with the form specified in Annex 2 or 3 to this Federal Law. The text of
absentee certificate and their quantity, the form of the register of issued absentee certificates
shall be approved in terms established by law by commission organizing elections, referendum.
This commission shall also determine means of protection of protection of absentee certificates
from being counterfeited when produced.

 4. In order to protect absentee certificates from being counterfeited when produced a
special paper with water marks and (or) micro prints and (or) protective grid and (or) special
protection elements shall be used.

 5. Commission organizing elections, referendum shall place an order to produce
absentee certificates centrally on the basis of its decision.

 6. Based on a written application of a voter indicating the reasons why the voter needs an
absentee certificate the election commission shall issue an absentee certificate either to the
voter personally or to his representative provided with a notarized power of attorney. A power of
attorney may also be certified by the administration of a hospital (if a voter is undergoing
medical treatment at this hospital), by the administration of an institution where persons
suspected or accused of commission of a crime are held in custody (if a voter is held in this
institution as a person suspected or accused of commission of a crime).

 7. The chairman, deputy chairman, secretary or other voting member of commission in
charge of issuing of an absentee certificate to a voter, referendum participant shall enter the
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surname, name and patronymic of the voter, series and number of his passport or document
equivalent to a citizen’s passport, number of election precinct, referendum precinct where the
voter, referendum participant is included into list of voters, referendum participants, address of
precinct commission, name of municipal formation and the subject of the Russian Federation,
number and (or) name of single-seat (multi-seat) electoral district (if elections are carried out in
single-seat (multi-seat) electoral districts), in the territory of which such election precinct,
referendum precinct is formed, name of commission that issued an absentee certificate. If the
law establishes repeat voting, the said data on voter, election precinct and corresponding
commission are also entered in a coupon of absentee certificate. The chairman, deputy
chairman, secretary or other voting member of commission shall enter his surname and initials,
date of issue of absentee certificate in absentee certificate (and if the law establishes repeat
voting – also in a coupon), sign and affix the seal of corresponding commission.

 8. When voter, referendum participants receives an absentee certificate (in the event of
repeat voting at election – absentee certificate without a coupon), such voter, referendum
participant shall enter into corresponding boxes of the register of issued absentee certificates or
list of voters, referendum participants series and number of his passport or document
equivalent to a citizen’s passport and sign. The register of issued absentee certificates shall
contain residential address of voter, referendum participant. If an absentee certificate is issues
on the basis of power of attorney presented by representative of voter, referendum participant,
corresponding boxes of the register of issued absentee certificates or list of voters, referendum
participants shall indicate series and number of passport of voter, referendum participant or
document equivalent to citizen’s passport, and representative of voter, referendum participant
shall indicate his surname, name and patronymic, series and number of passport or document
equivalent to a citizen’s passport and sign. After that such power of attorney of representative of
voter, referendum participant is removed and attached to the register of issued absentee
certificates, list of voters, referendum participants.

 9. The chairman, deputy chairman, secretary or other voting member of territorial
commission (election commission of municipal formation, district election commission) who
issued an absentee certificate to voter, referendum participant, shall in corresponding boxes of
the register of issued absentee certificates enter the number of issued absentee certificate and
sign. Territorial commission (election commission of municipal formation, district election
commission) shall in 20 days prior to the voting day provide election commission with the first
copy of the list of voters, referendum participants and certified extracts from the register of
issued absentee certificates that contain data on voters, referendum participants that received
absentee certificates and registered in territories of corresponding election precincts,
referendum precincts. Member of precinct commission on the basis of corresponding extract
shall make a note “Received in territorial commission (election commission of municipal
formation, district election commission) an absentee certificate No.” in box “Special notes” in
list of voters, referendum participants with indicating the number of issued absentee certificate
and sign it.

 10. When issuing an absentee certificate to voter, referendum participant in precinct
commission, the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary or other voting member of precinct
commission that issued an absentee certificate to voter, referendum participant shall make a
note “Received absentee certificate No.” in box “Special notes” in list of voters, referendum
participants with indicating the number of issued absentee certificate and sign it.

 11. Voter, referendum participant that received an absentee certificated (including
through representative on the basis of power of attorney) shall be removed by precinct
commission out of list of voters, referendum participants in corresponding election precinct,
referendum precinct for these elections, referendum and shall not be accounted among
registered voters, referendum participants at preparation of the protocol of voting results by
precinct commission.
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 12. Repeated issue of absentee certificate is not allowed. In case an absentee certificate
is lost, its copy shall not be issued.

 13. On the voting day before voting starts, unused absentee certificates shall be
cancelled. If the law provides for repeat voting at elections, the order and terms of cancelation
of absentee certificated and coupons is established by this law. Data on cancelation of unused
absentee certificates and coupons with indication of their quantity and numbers of absentee
certificates shall be entered by corresponding commission into the act filed in accordance with
the form approved by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

 14. Upon presentation of an absentee certificate on the voting day a voter, referendum
participant shall additionally included in list of voters, referendum participants at the election
precinct, referendum precinct in the territory of which he stays on the voting day. Precinct
commission shall make an appropriate note in “Special note” box: “Voted by absentee
certificate No.” with indicating the number of absentee certificate presented by voter,
referendum participant. After that an absentee certificate is suppressed from voter, referendum
participant, save as cases when the law provides for repeat voting at elections. In such cases
during general elections a coupon is suppressed from voter, and during repeat voting – an
absentee certificate. Absentee certificates (coupons) on the basis of which voters, referendum
participants are included in list of voters, referendum participants are kept together with the
given list.

 15. In case of lost of absentee certificate blank commission that established the fact of
such loss shall immediately file a corresponding act and take a decision with indicating the
number of lost blank of absentee certificate, the fact of loss and the reason of loss. This
decision shall on the same day be communicated to superior commission and commission
organizing elections, referendum. On the basis of this decision commission organizing
elections, referendum recognizes this absentee certificate invalid and informs all subordinate
commissions to this effect. Invalid absentee certificate shall not constitute the reason for
inclusion of voter, referendum participant into a list of voters, referendum participants. Upon
presentation of such absentee certificate by a voter, referendum participant, it shall be
suppressed.

 16. Transfer of absentee certificates to commissions and account of absentee certificates
including with the use of GAS “Vybory” is carried out in the manner established by the Central
Election Commission of the Russian Federation.