§ Article 64(untitled)

oting Procedure

 1. The time of commencement and end of voting at elections, referendum shall be
established by the law. Duration of voting shall not be less than ten hours. The law may
establish that if working time of voters, referendum participants reside in the territory of election
precinct, referendum precinct coincides with the voting time during election to bodies of state
power, referendum of the subject of the Russian Federation (in case of enterprises with
continuous operation or shift work), election commission of the subject of the Russian
Federation may decide to shift the voting time in this election precinct, referendum precinct, but
not for more than two hours. If the voting day at election to bodies of state power of the subject
of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, referendum of the subject of the
Russian Federation, local referendum coincides with the voting day at election to federal bodies
of state power, the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Union State, at
referendum of the Russian Federation, commencement and end of voting is established by the
federal law.
(Clause 1 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. The time and place of voting shall be communicated to voters, referendum
participants by territorial and precinct commissions not later than in 20 days prior to the voting
day through mass media or otherwise, and if early or repeat voting is conducted the time and
place of voting shall be communicated in the procedure and at the time established by the law
but not later than in five days before the voting day.

 3. On the voting day and before the commencement of voting, the chairman of a
precinct commission shall provide for inspection by members of precinct commission, attending
voters, referendum participants, persons specified in Clause 3, Article 30 of this Federal Law
empty ballot boxes (correspondent compartments of the technical vote counting equipment, if
any) that are then sealed with the precinct commission’s seal.

 4. Each voter, referendum participant shall vote in person, voting on behalf of other
voters, referendum participants shall be prohibited.
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 5. Ballots shall be issued to voters, referendum participants who are included in a list of
voters, referendum participants against presentation of their passports or document equivalent
to citizen’s passport, and if a voter, referendum participant votes on the basis of an absentee
certificate, against presentation of such absentee certificate.

 6. When receiving a ballot, a voter, referendum participant shall write the series and
number of his passport or document equivalent to citizen’s passport in the list of voters,
referendum participants. With the consent of a voter, referendum participant or at his request,
the series and number of the passport or document equivalent to citizen’s passport presented
by him may be written in the list of voters, referendum participants by a voting member of
precinct commission. The voter, referendum participant shall verify the correctness of the entry
and sign in the respective box of the list of voters, referendum participants for receipt of a ballot.
In the event of voting on the basis of an absentee certificate, additional notes shall be made in
the list of voters, referendum participants. In the event of voting with more than one ballot at a
time, a voter, referendum participant shall sign for receipt of each ballot. The member of
precinct commission who issued a ballot (ballots) to a voter, referendum participant shall also
sign in corresponding box of the list of voters, referendum participants.

 7. A voter, referendum participant shall vote by putting any mark in the box (boxes)
corresponding to the candidate (candidates) or a list of candidates chosen by the voter or to
any other options of will expression chosen.
(Clause 7 as amended by the Federal Law of July 12, 2006, No.107-FZ)

 8. A ballot shall be marked by a voter, referendum participant in a specially equipped
booth or another specially equipped place where the presence of other persons shall not be
allowed, save as otherwise provided by Clause 10 of this Article.

 9. If a voter, referendum participant thinks that he has made a mistake when marking a
ballot, he may ask the commission member who had issued the ballot to give him a new ballot
in place of the spoilt one. The commission member shall issue a new ballot to the voter,
referendum participant and note this fact in the list of voters, referendum participants against
the name of this voter, referendum participant. Voting member of commission shall mark the
spoilt ballot correspondingly and seal this note with his signature. After that this spoilt ballot
shall also be signed by precinct commission secretary and cancelled immediately after this.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 10. A voter, referendum participant who is not able to sign for receipt of a ballot or mark
a ballot by himself or take part in electronic voting may be assisted by another voter,
referendum participant who is not a member of the commission, or a registered candidate, or
an authorized representative or attorney of an election association, registered candidate, a
referendum initiative group, or an observer. In this case, a voter, referendum participant shall
orally inform commission of his intention to ask for assistance in marking the ballot, taking part
in electronic voting. The surname, first name and patronymic, series and number of the
passport or a document equivalent to citizen’s passport of the person assisting such voter,
referendum participant shall be indicated in the appropriate box (boxes) of the list of voters,
referendum participants.
(Clause 10 as amended by the Federal Law of June 14, 2011, No.143-FZ)

 11. Voters, referendum participants shall drop marked ballots into sealed ballot boxes or
into the technical vote counting equipment, if such equipment is used.

 12. A member of a precinct commission shall be immediately barred from participation
in its work and an observer and other persons shall be expelled from the polling station if they
commit a violation of a law governing the election, the referendum. In this case, a reasoned
written decision to this effect shall be taken by precinct or superior commission. The law
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enforcement authorities shall enforce the decision and take steps to bring the barred member of
the precinct commission, expelled observer and other offenders to responsibility under the
legislation of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 13. Registered candidates, election associations, attorneys and authorized
representatives of election association, attorneys of registered candidates, members and
authorized representatives of referendum initiative group, as well as organizations, whose
founders, owners, proprietors and (or) members of management bodies and supervision bodies
are the abovementioned persons and organizations, and other physical and legal entities acting
by request or on the instruction of the abovementioned persons and organizations, are not
allowed to perform any actions aimed at arrangement of transportation of voters, referendum
participants for participation in voting.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 14. The law of the subject of the Russian Federation may provide voters, referendum
participants with the possibility to vote by mail. In this case these votes of voters, referendum
participants shall be accounted that were received by corresponding commission not later than
by the end of voting on the voting day. The procedure of voting by mail at election to bodies of
state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, at
referendum of the subject of the Russian Federation, locals referendum shall, until this issue is
regulated by a federal law, be established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian
Federation.

 15. Electronic voting may be conducted during elections, referendum instead of voting
with the use of paper ballots. Total number of election precincts, referendum precincts where
electronic voting is conducted shall not exceed 1 percent of the total number of election
precincts, referendum precincts formed in the territory where elections, referendum are
conducted. If 1 percent of total number of election precincts, referendum precincts formed in the
territory where elections, referendum are conducted, is less than five election precincts,
referendum precincts, this total number may not be less than five election precincts,
referendum precincts. Decision to conduct electronic voting is taken by the Central Election
Commission of the Russian Federation or on its instruction by corresponding election
commission of the subject of the Russian Federation. The order of electronic voting, counting of
votes of voters, referendum participants and establishment of voting results for election
precinct, referendum precinct, the form of the protocol of precinct commission of voting results,
as well as specifics of establishment of voting results and results of elections, referendum by
superior commissions with account of results of electronic voting are established by the Central
Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(Clause 15 introduced by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)