21 March 2024, 17:17
In Karachay-Cherkessia, woman arrested in case on spoiled ballots
A court has placed under arrest a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, who was detained at a polling station for damaging with paint the filled-out ballots at the Russian presidential election.
The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on March 15, at a polling station in the Malokarachaevsky District, a local resident poured a paint into a ballot box. Investigators reported launching an investigation into the case on obstruction of the exercise of voting rights. The article provides for punishment ranging from a fine of 80,000 roubles to five years of imprisonment.
On March 15, at least four similar cases took place in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD). So, in the Rostov Region, the police detained a resident of the Azov Region, who also poured “green liquid” into a ballot box at a polling station.
In Mozdok, a young woman doused the voter lists with iodine and was detained.
At a polling station in Sochi, a local woman also poured a paint into a ballot box. A court placed the 62-year-old woman under house arrest until May 15.
The Election Commission of the Volgograd Region reported that a woman from Volzhsky poured brilliant green into a ballot box. All of those ballots can be used in the vote count because voter markings are “distinguishable and not in doubt,” the Election Commission reported.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 20, 2024 at 04:11 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: Caucasian Knot
