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TO THE ISSUE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDER OF THE PRELIMINARY INNER-PARTY VOTING

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PDF: Author(s): Ilynykh A. V., Stepenko V. E.,
Number of journal: 4(53) Date: November 2020
Annotation:

The article raises the problem of the lack of legal regulation of the organization and conduct of primaries in the Russian Federation. It makes impossible to observe the principle of fairness both for participants in the preliminary voting and for citizens who have expressed a desire to participate in the primaries. It is important not only to introduce legal norms on the rules of internal party preliminary voting, for example, in the Federal law “About political parties”, but also to introduce the institution of administrative responsibility which could guarantee the rights of all participants in the studied group of public relations. In the article the authors focus on the shared nature of the primaries, their purpose, a special importance in modern conditions of formation in Russia of a lawful state and civil society. Based on the experience of internal party voting in Russia and abroad, conclusions are drawn about the feasibility of legal regulation of primaries. The legal regulation of preliminary voting should follow the path of declaring open voting for all voters, regardless of party affiliation. This approach will attract voters’ attention to the election even before the official start of the election campaign is announced. However increasing the interest of the voter is possible only if fair and fair primaries are organized and held which is hardly feasible in the absence of the institution of administrative responsibility. The final part of the article suggests specific elements of administrative offenses that could supplement the norms of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and guarantee the exercise of citizens’ active and passive electoral rights.

Keywords:

law, legal regulation, administrative responsibility, primaries, voting, preliminary voting, political party, law, Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, federal law.

For citation:

Stepenko V. E., Ilynykh A. V. To the issue on administrative responsibility for violation of the order of the preliminary inner-party voting. Business. Education. Law, 2020, no. 4, pp. 257–260. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2020.53.450.