The graph is curving upward and looks a lot better than it did a couple of days ago:
The voting has been excellent, and if we can keep up this pace for 10 days, we’ll wrap up the vote on ROI (the Russian Public Initiative platform) and move on to broader promotion of #Twenty.
So, the 20+1 campaign idea is working. Our strongest asset is the conscious, engaged people who have already done something. It’s easier to persuade them to do a little more than to campaign among the unengaged—though of course that also needs to be done.
The results of our survey also show that this is exactly where the greatest potential lies:
Let’s all move from the “only I voted” column into the “yes, one person” and “yes, two people” columns.
I understand perfectly well that the main obstacle is your fear that your acquaintances or friends will react with confusion if you ask them to vote for something like this.
Don’t be afraid—it won’t happen. In 99% of cases, people respond positively to their friends’ active civic engagement. You’ll be surprised by how effective your outreach will be.
We receive far more examples of things working out than of the opposite.
Look at the wonderful motivating posts that have appeared on Facebook—this one, for example, and this one. There are some on VK (VKontakte, a Russian social network) too: you can read them here, here, and here.
It’s not hard to write one, it will have an effect, and you’ll get the moral satisfaction of knowing you did a good thing.
From experience, we know that voting drops off on Fridays and over the weekend, so let’s make an extra effort and turn this weekend into a productive push.
Instructions on how to register are here.
You can read about why it is right to collect signatures here.
Update: information has appeared that you can now register not only through Rostelecom, but also at Russian Post branches. There are lots of branches, so activating your account on Gosuslugi (Russia’s government services portal) is now very easy.