MOSCOW. Dec 13 (Interfax) - The Russian Central Elections Commission (CEC) has proposed allowing voters to use IDs other than their passports in the four regions under martial law, CEC deputy head Nikolai Bulayev said.
"The list of documents is being drafted, and elections commissions in the constituent territories are being allowed to determine the list of documents that can be used instead of a Russian passport," Bulayev said at the CEC meeting on Wednesday.
There has been much speculation on this subject, he said.
"There is a certain number of citizens who have not received Russian passports for one reason or another but are still citizens of Russia, consistent with current laws and accession agreements, so it would be inhumane to deprive them of [their] active electoral rights, and no one has such powers," Bulayev said.
The CEC is also proposing not to publish lists of polling stations or the locations of district elections commissions in the four regions under martial law during the presidential election, he said.
"When we discussed this document, we said that the security of commission members and voters is the number one task. To some extent, this task is achieved by our decision, there will be no publication [of the polling station lists]," Bulayev said.
At the same time, the CEC is able to inform every voter about the address and number of the polling station where they can vote, he said.
The CEC adopted a resolution on December 11 to allow the holding of the Russian presidential election of March 2024 in the four new regions under martial law.
The Federation Council scheduled the presidential election on December 7, and the CEC decided to hold the election over three days, from March 15 to 17, 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order declaring martial law in the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions on October 19, 2022.