116-Year-Old Man Votes at Polling Station in N. Caucasus (click here)
Voter turnout in Russian presidential elections is over 30% by 1:00 p.m. Moscow time: CEC (click here)
MAGAS, March 4 (RIA Novosti)
A 116-year-old man came to a polling station in Ingushetia, a small republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, to cast his vote in the presidential elections, Muslim Albogachiyev, a member of the republican election commission, said on Sunday.
“Iliyev, Appas Lorsovich, born in 1896, came to polling station No. 6 in the village of Guli,” Albogachiyev said.
The elderly and sick have the right to vote at home if they invite a member of the local election commission beforehand. However, retirees are usually the first ones to arrive at the polling stations when they open at 8.00 a.m.
Albogachiyev said no incidents or breaches of the electoral legislation had been registered by the election commission of the republic....
I am just wondering if they voted before they died. I guess not.
Five Die of Heart Attacks at Russian Polling Stations (click here)
MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti)
Five people died of heart attacks at seperate polling stations during the presidential elections in Russia on Sunday, police said on Sunday.
One man, a 65-year old member of a local election commission in Zelenograd (northern Moscow), went for a cigarette break a few minutes before the polling station was supposed to open for voting, when he suffered a massive heart attack and died before the ambulance arrived.
Another man, who was 53-year old and had been discharged from hospital two days ago, also died from a heart attack after getting his ballot paper at a polling station in Omsk, West Siberia.
A 77-year old pensioner died near a polling station in eastern Moscow.
A 59-year old former school principal died in the village of Domna (Zabaikalsky Territory) as she arrived at a polling station.
A similar tragedy occurred in Vologograd where a 72-year old woman died five meters away from her polling station....
Does this mean voting is taking on importance? This is a communist nation with nearly guaranteed outcomes, yet, there seems to be enthusiasm for voting.
Turnout Exceeds 15% in Russia Presidential Poll (click here)
MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti)
Electoral turnout for Russia’s presidential poll on Sunday exceeded 15 percent in the first two hours of voting, the Central Election Commission said on Sunday.
“Electoral turnout reached 15.3 percent as of 10.00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT),” Stanislav Vavilov, deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission, said.
Russians are voting on Sunday to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation’s post-Soviet history. Putin faces four opponents, none of which, analysts say, is likely to prove a serious threat to his bid to return to the Kremlin after working as prime minister for the past four-years....
...Some 110 million Russian citizens, including 2 million expatriates around the world, are eligible to vote in the election. The winner will serve a six-year presidential term and not four as was previously the case....
This source is stating there is now a 30% turnout with a rise of 4% participation. See, where candidates don't necessarily succeed is that they don't seek to encourage voters to participate. They are counting on the same voters to change their mind and that may not happen.
04 March 2012 | 14:31 | FOCUS News Agency
Moscow. The voter turnout in today’s presidential elections in Russia is 30.1% by 1:00 p.m. Moscow time, announced Leonid Ivlev, deputy chairman of the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC), cited byITAR-TASS.
He specified this is a rise of over 4% in comparison with the 2008 presidential elections and 2011 parliamentary elections.
There is a second source reporting a 30% turnout, but, the video defies understanding due to the dialect. That is a joke, I don't speak Russian. I am sure they are perfectly understandable.
04 MAR 2012 15:10
None of the polling places are reporting in yet, but there are turnouts of voters as high as 91% being reported. That shows a lot of enthusiasm for this election. I think a great deal of credit has to go to the candidates for building that enthusiasm.
He specified this is a rise of over 4% in comparison with the 2008 presidential elections and 2011 parliamentary elections.
There is a second source reporting a 30% turnout, but, the video defies understanding due to the dialect. That is a joke, I don't speak Russian. I am sure they are perfectly understandable.
04 MAR 2012 15:10
ELECTIONS TURNOUT PASSES 30 PERCENT IN RUSSIA (click here)
The turnout at the presidential elections in Russia so far passed 30%, representatives of the Central Election Committee said at a press conference.
None of the polling places are reporting in yet, but there are turnouts of voters as high as 91% being reported. That shows a lot of enthusiasm for this election. I think a great deal of credit has to go to the candidates for building that enthusiasm.Voting, turnout, first results
I don't know if this is a political cartoon in Russia or not, but, I am all for innovation.
Remember that picture in black and white where it is unclear what the subject is? Like an inkblot test. The Russians figured it out.
Now this one on the right, is definately political. I think that might be Tod Palin.
I don't know if this is a political cartoon in Russia or not, but, I am all for innovation.
Remember that picture in black and white where it is unclear what the subject is? Like an inkblot test. The Russians figured it out.
Now this one on the right, is definately political. I think that might be Tod Palin.
Oh, so this is what is going on in Afghanistan.
