Why did I record a special video message for school students?
Because Putin is trying to use them to solve the problem posed by our voter strike. They are supposed to bring people to the polls, and it is quite a cunning plan.
Look:
This is a decision by the Moscow Region Election Commission to hold a school referendum across the entire region on the same day as the election. The full text with appendices is available here.
While we were making this video, news came in that Moscow has also backed this wonderful initiative.
I have no doubt that referendums like this will be held across the country, but even these two alone matter enormously: they will take place in the two regions with the largest numbers of voters.
This whole thing was invented for one reason only: to drag people to polling stations.
The referendum puts forward some question that is highly engaging for school students. In this case: “Do you agree to study six days a week?”
Think back to when you were in school. If you are on a five-day schedule, you vote NO in horror, afraid that you will be forced to go to school on Saturdays.
If you are on a six-day schedule, you happily vote NO, hoping you will be switched to a five-day week.
It is obvious that the referendum is a complete sham. It has no legal consequences and cannot have any. School curricula are not decided by referendum. Even so, students will very much want to express their opinion.
Although the voting is called “internet voting,” and all sorts of blockchain are mentioned, it will in fact require a “voting location.” People will have to go there in person.
Students from grades 1 through 11 can vote, which means that at least a third of them do not come to school on their own and are brought there by their parents.
“Mom, Mom, I want to vote in the school referendum—take me to school on March 18.”
Mom brings them, and of course she is told: well, since you are here, you might as well vote too.
This is outright fraud on a nationwide scale, and now they will allocate billions of rubles to it as well.
It is very important for all of us to explain what is happening and why this was devised—to everyone:
- school students,
- teachers,
- parents.
They need to understand that they are being brazenly and cynically used as extras in Putin’s re-election campaign. They are being used to fight the voter strike.
It does not matter which region you live in. I am almost certain that referendums like this will be everywhere.
What needs to be done:
If you are a school student, send this video to your classmates and ask them to forward it to their friends.
If you are a parent of a school student, send it to other parents you know, and tell the teachers at your school that you oppose these kinds of schemes. Want to hold a school referendum? No problem—just do it on another day. Not March 18.
If you are neither a school student nor a parent, you definitely know a student or a parent. Send it to them.
There is also a DMP leaflet for everyone.
You can download it here or here. Print it out and put it up in your apartment building entrance or at school. You can see how much these leaflets infuriate the authorities—they are even being seized during raids. Which means they need to be distributed.
There is a protest on January 28. You need to come out. Dress warmly and come out. Find your city on the list and take part.