We’ll clear the threshold in the Kostroma Region in the voting itself, but we still need to clear it in the vote count. That’s the most infuriating part: to win votes through hard work and then lose them because someone fiddles with the tally sheets.
Yesterday’s wave of smear attacks (the story about the fake ambassador is especially funny — read it) clearly shows that United Russia also has up-to-date polling numbers and is making a last desperate push to knock us out. Across the region, local administrations are holding briefings on “how to deal with election observers.”
Well, if this is their final push, then it’s ours too.
1. Election observers. There can never be too many of them, and we’ll take as many as we can get. We’ll train you if you’ve never done it before. A mobile team will come and support you if anything happens. The main thing is to be willing to fight for the right cause.
We’ll reimburse your travel costs if needed and provide accommodation if necessary. After you register and fill out the questionnaire you receive, you’ll get an email with instructions.
For now, what you need to know is that you should arrive in Kostroma on September 12, register at campaign headquarters, get assigned to a polling station, and complete the training. How to get to Kostroma from Moscow: Train Moscow — Vladivostok No. 100E, departs at 00:35, arrives at 06:44 Train Moscow — Kostroma No. 148Shch, departs at 23:20, arrives at 05:33 Express train Moscow — Yaroslavl, departs at 07:35, arrives at 10:51, then continue by bus to Kostroma.
For people ready to work at the most remote polling stations in the toughest districts, there may be separate logistics, but in general this is how it works. http://rosvybory.org/
2. The last day of campaigning. If you live in the Kostroma Region, or know someone who does, then the telephone is your deadly weapon — one that hits the target exactly. United Russia will cry like a little girl if you pick up the phone and make ten campaign calls to your friends and acquaintances in support of RPR-PARNAS.
The worst thing you can think right now is: "Well, it’s just a drop in the ocean and it won’t change anything." In fact, this is exactly what makes a difference — years of election campaigns have proven it. This is what matters most.
And for the most committed: the DMP campaign. Three of these flyers in your apartment building entrance will guarantee, if not an increase in voting for RPR-PARNAS, then at least a drop in support for United Russia — which is already not bad.
Let’s do this, guys — one last push.
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