Stuffing of ballots in favour
of the ruling party in the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release
October 14, 2012
YABLOKOs candidates and observes report multiple violations
at the elections to the Krasnodar Territory Legislative Assembly.
YABLOKO observer filmed Yelena Sluchevskaya, Chair of Electoral
Commission No 4822 (Novopekhovskoye village), stuffing of
packages of ballots. The 18 minute video demonstrates several
episodes of ballot stuffing.
On the third minute of the video Chair of the Electoral Commission
produces a bulletin from a file and puts it into the ballot
box.
On the fifth minute of the video the secretary of the Commission
calls Yelena Sluchevskaya and they begin filling in the ballots
together. Then the Chair stuffs a thick package into the ballot
box. Then takes one more package and stuffs it into the box
too.
In the second part of the video the Commission members are
assisted allegedly by a person from the local administration.
Also stuffing of ballots was recorded at polling stations
No 2230, 2231, and 2228 in Krasnodar. In Ust-Labinsk Chair
of the Electoral Commission stuffed the rigged ballots at
polling station No 5603. YABLOKOs commission member was ousted
from the room under some pretext.
In Armavir YABLOKO observer also reported stuffing of ballots
at polling station No 460. However, the police did not detain
the person engaged in vote rigging and did not seal the ballot
box.
Dmitry Gutov, YABLOKOs observer at polling station No 2054,
was beaten when he attempted to photograph the participants
of a carousel who arrived to the polling station by car
(No AOBO62, 23). Dmitry was threatened with murder and the
attackers snatched his press card.
Also carousel voting was reported at polling stations No
2047, 2055,2056, 2215, 2216 and 2213. 15 pensioners voted
as a group at polling station No 2103, when asked why they
were voting all together, the pensioners quickly left the
polling station.
In Novokubansky District at polling station No 3239 one person
showed two passports and received four bulletins.
Also YABLOKO observers report a large number of violations
connected with ousting of observes from the polling stations
(polling stations No 2258, 2113, 2122, 2109, 2105, 2122, 2109
and 2113).
At polling station No 1479 soldiers are made to vote the
commander of the their unit who is candidate to the Legislative
Assembly. When refused to vote for him, soldiers are threatened
with taking up measures against them.
Ban on video recording was introduced at polling stations
No 2213, 0456, 2215 and 2216. Photography was prohibited at
polling station No 2003.
At polling stations No 2231 and 2291 groups of robust young
people were intimidating voters.
In Anapa at polling station No 0223 chair of Electoral Commission
refused to show polling boxed to the observer.
YABLOKO will file a complaint on all these cases to Public
Prosecutor General and Central Electoral Commission.
