1. To approve the Calendar Plan with Regard to Preparation for and Conduct of Early Elections of the President of RF (the text of the Calendar Plan is attached hereto).
2. To impose a duty of accomplishing control over the fulfillment of the Plan on O.K.Zastrozhnaya, Secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
3. To publish this Resolution in the «Bulletin of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation».
No.
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Event
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Date
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Responsible Authority
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FORMATION OF ELECTION COMMISSIONS AND ELECTORAL PRECINCTS
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1.
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Approval of the list of territorial election commissions formed on the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation
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Not later than
January 25, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation
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2.
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Submission of the approved list of territorial election commissions formed on the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation to the representative self-government bodies
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Not later than January 27, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation
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3.
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Publication of the list of territorial election commissions formed on the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation, in mass media that fall under Para. 7 of Clause 1 of Article 47 of the Federal Law «On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation» (hereinafter the Federal Law)
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Not later than January 27, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation
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4.
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Formation of territorial election commissions
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Not earlier than February 2, and not later than February 9, 2000
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Representative self-government bodies
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5.
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Formation of electoral precincts
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Not later than
March 2, 2000
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Heads of municipal bodies or persons authorized by a representative self-government body, upon agreement with appropriate territorial election commissions
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6.
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Formation of electoral precincts in areas of voters' temporary residence, in hard-to-reach or remote areas, at polar stations, on vessels at sea on election day
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Not later than March 2, 2000, and on extraordinary occasions - not later than March 21, 2000
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Heads of municipal bodies or persons authorized by a representative self-government body, or heads of offices in which voters are temporary present, upon agreement with appropriate territorial election commissions
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7.
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In exceptional cases, formation of electoral precincts in military units located in detached areas far from populated localities
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Not later than March 2, 2000, and on extraordinary occasions - not later than March 21, 2000
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Military unit commanders, at the decision of an appropriate election commission of the subject of RF
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8.
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Formation of electoral precincts in order to conduct voting and to count votes of the voters who stay in foreign countries on election day
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Not later than March 2, 2000
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Heads of diplomatic representative offices or consular offices of the Russian Federation in the country of stay
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9.
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Informing the CEC about formation of electoral precincts in order to conduct voting and to count votes of the voters who stay in foreign countries on election day
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Not later than March 10, 2000
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Heads of diplomatic representative offices or consular offices of the Russian Federation in the country of stay
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10.
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Publication of electoral precinct lists with an indication of electoral precinct numbers and boundaries, or lists of populated localities, places of precinct election commissions, voting premises, and phone numbers of precinct election commissions
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Not later than March 6, 2000, and on extraordinary occasions - not later than March 23, 2000
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Heads of municipal bodies or persons authorized by the representative self-government body
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11.
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Formation of precinct election commissions
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Within the term that starts not later than two days after the formation of the appropriate electoral precinct and ends up on March 6, 2000
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Representative self-government bodies
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12.
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Formation of a precinct election commission in an electoral precinct formed at a polar station, on a vessel at sea or in a military unit located in a detached area far from populated localities
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Within the term that starts not later than two days after the formation of the appropriate electoral precinct and ends up on March 6, 2000, and on extraordinary occasions - not later than March 21, 2000
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Head of the polar station, commandant of the vessel, military unit commandant
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13.
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Formation of precinct election commission in electoral precinct formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation
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Within the term that starts not later than two days after the formation of the appropriate electoral precinct and ends up on March 6, 2000
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Head of the diplomatic representative office or consular office of the Russian Federation in the country of stay, or military unit commander
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VOTER LISTS COMPILATION
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14.
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Submission of information about voters to territorial election commissions, should a voter list be compiled by a precinct election commission - the said information shall be presented to appropriate precinct election commissions
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Not later than
February 9, 2000
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Heads of municipal bodies, or persons authorized by the representative self-government body, military unit commanders, heads of institutions of temporary stay of voters
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15.
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Voter lists compilation
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Not later than
March 5, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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16.
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Voter lists compilation for electoral precincts formed in hard-to-reach or remote areas
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Not later than
March 6, 2000, and in exceptional cases - within two days after the formation of the electoral precinct election commission
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Precinct election commissions
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17.
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Voter lists compilation for electoral precincts formed in military units
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Not later than March 6, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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18.
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Voter lists compilation for electoral precincts formed in areas of voters' temporal residence, at polar stations, on vessels at sea on election day
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Not later than March 25, 2000
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Appropriate precinct election commissions
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19.
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Voter lists compilation for electoral precincts formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation
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Not later than March 6, 2000
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Appropriate precinct election commissions
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20.
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Transfer of the first copy of the voter list to the appropriate election commission
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March 7, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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21.
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Presentation of voter lists for familiarization and additional correction
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Not later than
March 10, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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22.
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Signing of the verified and corrected voter list
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Not later than March 25, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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NOMINATION AND REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES
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23.
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Making a decision to register or refuse to register an electoral bloc
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Within four days after submission of appropriate documents
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CEC
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24.
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Making a decision to register or refuse to register an initiative voters' group and its authorized representatives
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Within four days after the receipt of appropriate documents
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CEC
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25.
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Making a decision to register or refuse to register authorized representatives of electoral association, electoral bloc
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Within four days after submission of appropriate documents
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CEC
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26.
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Signature collection in support of a candidate in accordance with Clauses 1 and 13 of Article 36 of the Federal Law
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Starting from the day of registration of authorized representatives of electoral association, electoral bloc, initiative voters' group
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Citizens of the Russian Federation eligible to vote, electoral associations, electoral blocs
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27.
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Submission to the CEC of documents for registration of a candidate
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Not earlier than January 18, 2000, and not later than February 13, 2000 before 6:00PM Moscow time
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Candidates, authorized representatives of electoral associations, electoral blocs
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28.
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Making decisions to register or refuse to register a candidate
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Not later than 8 days after submission of appropriate documents (not later than February 22, 2000)
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CEC
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29.
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Transfer to mass media of information about the registered candidates
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Within 36 hours after the registration
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CEC
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30.
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Submission to the CEC of a certified copy of the order (ordnance) regarding release of candidate from his/her official duties
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Not later than two days after the registration
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Registered candidates who are governmental or municipal employees, or who work in mass media under labor or civil labor agreement
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31.
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Exercising the right of a registered candidate to withdraw his/her candidacy
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Not later than March 21, 2000
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Registered candidates
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32.
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Exercising the right of an electoral association, electoral bloc to recall its nominated candidate, registered candidate
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Not later than March 21, 2000
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Electoral associations, electoral blocs
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ELECTION CAMPAIGNING
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33.
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Conduct of election campaigning
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Starts from the day of registration of candidate and ends up at 12:00AM local time on March 25, 2000
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Citizens of the RF, registered candidates, public associations, electoral associations, electoral blocs
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34.
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Publication of a list of the All-Russia (national) and regional state-owned TV and radio organizations and periodicals
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Not later than January 14, 2000
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CEC, election commissions of the subjects of RF
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35.
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Publication of information about the rates for air time and print space
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Not later than January 29, 2000
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TV and radio organizations and editorial offices of periodicals
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36.
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Conduct of election campaigning on the channels of TV and radio organizations
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On business days from March 3 through March 24, 2000
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Registered candidates
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37.
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Conduct of election campaigning in periodicals
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From February 25 through March 24, 2000
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Registered candidates
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38.
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Allocation of free air time on the channels of state-owned TV and radio organizations to registered candidates
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On business days from March 3 through March 24, 2000 (or from March 13 through March 24, 2000 should the number of registered candidates be less than 10)
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Stae-owned TV and radio organizations
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39.
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Allocation of free print space to registered candidates
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From February 25 through March 24, 2000
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Editorial offices of the Russian federal periodicals
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40.
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Review of applications about allocation of premises to be used for meetings of registered candidates, their agents with voters
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Within three days from applications submission
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Sate bodies, local self-government bodies
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41.
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Prohibition to publish (making public) the results of the public opinion polls, forecasts of the elections results, and other studies related to elections in mass media.
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From March 24, 2000 through March 26, 2000, inclusive
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TV and radio organizations, editorial offices of periodicals, organizations that publish polling results and forecasts of election results
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42.
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Allocation of special sites for placing pre-election printed propaganda materials in each electoral precinct
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Not later than March 2, 2000
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Local self-government bodies, upon request of an election commission of the appropriate subject of the Russian Federation
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CAMPAIGN FINANCE
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43.
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Transfer of funds for the administration of early elections:
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|
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- to election commissions of the subjects of the RF
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February of 2000
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CEC
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- to territorial election commissions
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March of 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of RF
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44.
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Opening special election account by a candidate in order to form his/her electoral fund
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After registration of authorized representatives of electoral association, electoral bloc, initiative voters' group that nominated the candidate, but not later than 4 days before submission of documents for registration
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Candidates
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45.
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Submission of financial reports by the candidates, registered candidates:
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|
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- first financial report
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Together with submission of documents required for registration
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Candidates
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- second financial report
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Not earlier than March 11, 2000 and not later than March 17, 2000
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Registered candidates
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- final financial report
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Not later than within 30 days after official publication of the general results of the early elections
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Candidates, registered candidates
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46.
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Submission to the territorial election commissions of financial reports about receiving and spending of the money allocated from the federal budget for administration of the early election
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Not later than April 6, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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47.
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Submission to election commissions of the subjects of the RF of financial reports about receiving and spending of the money allocated from the federal budget for administration of the early election
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Not later than April 21, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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48.
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Submission to the CEC of RF of financial reports about receiving and spending of the money allocated from the federal budget for the administration of the early election
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Not later than 60 days after the day of official publication of information about general results of the early elections
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Election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation
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49.
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Submission to the Houses of the Federal Assembly of the RF of a financial report about receiving and spending of the money allocated from the federal budget allocated for the administration of the early election, and transfer of the financial report to mass media
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Not later than three months after the day of official publication of general results of the early elections
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CEC
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VOTING AND ELECTIION RESULTS TALLYING
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50.
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Approval of the procedure for ballot production, and requirements for ballot production
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Not later than February 28, 2000
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CEC
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51.
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Approval of the form and text of the ballot in the Russian language
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Not later than March 1, 2000
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CEC
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52.
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Approval of the ballot text in the state language of a subject of the Russian Federation and in the languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation
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Not later than March 5, 2000
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Election commissions of subjects of the Russian Federation
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53.
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Production of ballots
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Not later than March 8, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of RF
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54.
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Receiving ballots by:
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|
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territorial election commissions
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Not later than March 10, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of the RF, territorial election commissions
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precinct election commissions
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Not later than March 22, 2000
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Territorial election commissions, precinct election commissions
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55.
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Approval of the form of absentee voting certificate, procedures for production thereof, number, forms of absentee certificate register, and requirements for production of absentee voting certificate
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Not later than February 9, 2000
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CEC
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56.
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Obtaining absentee vote certificates by voters:
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|
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- in territorial election commissions
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From February 21 through March 7, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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- in precinct election commissions
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From March 8 through March 25, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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57.
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Forwarding certified extracts from the absentee voting certificate register of to appropriate precinct election commission
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March 7, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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58.
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Notification of voters about the time and place of voting
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Not later than March 10, 2000
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Precinct election commissions
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59.
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Conduct of early voting
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Not earlier than March 15, 2000
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Precinct election commissions upon permission of the election commission of the appropriate subject of the RF
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60.
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Voting time
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From 8:00 AM till
8:00 PM local time,
March 26, 2000
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61.
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Vote count at the polling station and compilation of protocols on vote returns
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After the time for voting is though
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Precinct election commissions
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62.
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Determination of vote returns, compilation of protocols and summary tables
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Not later than March 29, 2000
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Territorial election commissions
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63.
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Determination of vote returns, on the territory of the subject of the RF, compilation of protocols and the summary tables
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Not later than March 31, 2000
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Election commissions of the subjects of the RF
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64.
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Determination of election results
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Not later than April 6, 2000
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CEC
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65.
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Official publication of election results in mass media
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Not later than three days after signing the protocol
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CEC
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66.
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Publication of complete data in the CEC Information Bulletin, excluding protocols of precinct election commissions
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Within two months from voting day
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CEC
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If by the results of the general election none of the registered candidates is elected President of the Russian Federation, a repeat voting shall take place on April 16, 2000, with the observance of all requirements of the Federal Law.
