Yabloko campaign headquarters collected over a half of 105,000 signatures required for Yavlinsly’s registration
Press release, 09.01.2018
During the Christmas holidays Yabloko campaign headquarters managed to collect over 52,700 signatures out of 105,000 in support of Grigory Yavlinsky’s nomination for President.
According to Nikolai Rybakov, the head of Yavlinsky’s campaign headquarters, the pace of signature collection will grow after the holidays and the party activists will collect over 100,000 signatures in the three last weeks of the signature collection campaign. Yabloko plans to collect a large number of signatures to present the Central Electoral Commission with the signature lists, the validity of which cannot be disputed.
By 31 January, Yavlinsky must transfer to the Central Electoral Commission at least 105,000 voters’ signatures in favour of his nomination, whereas only 2,500 signatures per region is allowed. Activists of Yabloko are collecting signatures in 79 regions of Russia. Yabloko’s campaign headquarters in the Tver, Novgorod and Chelyabinsk Regions, the Perm Territory as well as the Republic of Bashkortostan have almost collected the required number of signatures.
Posted: January 9th, 2018 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018.