Assessment of MCEC registration denial 2019

The share of Moscow residents who supported the decision of the Moscow City Electoral Commission to reject admission to the local elections of several candidates who violated signature collection requirements of the campaign amounted to 54 percent. Nearly 30 percent of the survey participants believed that all candidates' registrations should have been accepted.

Should have the Moscow City Electoral Commission registered all candidates for the Moscow Municipal Duma elections in Russia despite the signature collection violations?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
The electoral commission should have denied registration to the candidates who committed violations	54%
All candidates should have been registered despite the violations	29%
Difficult to answer	17%

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

July 29, 2019

Number of respondents

800 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Moscow residents

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* The original question was worded by the source as follows: "to participate in the Moscow City Duma elections, candidates had to collect a certain number of voter signatures in their support. After verification of signatures, the Moscow City Election Commission declared some of the signatures invalid. Invalid signatures were identified for Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov, Ilya Yashin, Lyubov Sobol, and some other candidates. Some believe that the election commission in this situation should have acted in accordance with the law and refuse to register candidates who have violated signature collection. Others believe that, despite the violations, the election commission should have registered all the candidates. Which viewpoint do you agree with the most?"

Respondents should have chosen only one option from possible answers.

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