{"id":14814,"date":"2023-12-08T18:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/kremlin-reapproves-pandemic-inspired-three-day-voting-window-for-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:11:37","slug":"kremlin-reapproves-pandemic-inspired-three-day-voting-window-for-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/kremlin-reapproves-pandemic-inspired-three-day-voting-window-for-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin reapproves pandemic-inspired three-day voting window for presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Russian government has approved a three-day voting window for its presidential elections in 2024.<\/p>\n

Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Russia\u00a0Central Election Commission, said that although the extended election window was originally conceived as a pandemic accommodation in 2020, its “other benefits” have made keeping it desirable.<\/p>\n

“Three-day voting is already becoming a tradition in our electoral system,” Pamsilova said, according to a translation from The Moscow Times. “It was first used during the [Covid-19] pandemic, but over time the majority of voters came to like the format because of its other advantages.”<\/p>\n

RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SET FOR MARCH WITH PUTIN EXPECTED TO WIN ANOTHER TERM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Russian Parliament has designated March 17 of next year as election day, when President Vladimir Putin is expected to easily retain power.<\/p>\n

Members of the Federation Council, Russia\u2019s upper house of parliament, voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a decree setting the date.<\/p>\n

Extensions to the national voting window have been criticized as a risk to election integrity, necessitating ballots being kept safe overnight and complicating the jobs of poll watchers.<\/p>\n

RUSSIAN ELECTIONS ARE ‘COSTLY BUREAUCRACY’ THAT ‘DON’T HAVE TO BE HELD,’ PUTIN SPOKESMAN SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Although Putin, 71, hasn\u2019t yet announced his intention to run again he is widely expected to do so<\/u> in the coming days, now that the date has been set. He will likely run as an independent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2021, Putin signed into law a change to the country’s constitution that will allow him to run for two more six-year terms, granting him the chance to remain in power until 2036.<\/p>\n

He has held continuous positions as president or prime minister since 1999. He has been president since 2012, with his previous stint as president running from 2000 to 2008.<\/p>\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of a local electoral commission as he arrives to cast his ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms at a polling station in Moscow.<\/span> (ALEXEI DRUZHININ\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Press secretary Dmitry Peskov remarked to Russian media in August that democratic elections have become a “costly bureaucracy” that serves no purpose due to the supposed widespread support for Putin.<\/p>\n

“Elections are what a democracy demands and Putin himself decided to hold them, but theoretically, they don\u2019t even have to be held,” Peskov told state media outlet RBK.<\/p>\n

He added, “Because it\u2019s clear that Putin will be elected. That\u2019s completely my personal opinion.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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