Observation — the final push before Smart Voting’s victory

10 September 2020

We have prepared recommendations for more than 1,100 candidates in 66 elections across 39 regions. And to defeat the crooks, there is just one simple step left: from September 11 to 13, go to your polling station and vote for the candidate who can defeat United Russia.

However, United Russia will try to hold on through fraud. The crooks understand perfectly well how dangerous coordinated protest voting is for them. That is why they changed the law, and this time almost all elections are being held over three days. This makes it much easier for officials to use administrative pressure, stuff ballot boxes, and rewrite the vote tallies. And it means three times as many observers are needed to stop them. But we have been preparing for election day too: obtaining observer credentials, recruiting people, and training election monitors.

In the regions where our campaign offices are organizing election monitoring, we have already sent several thousand people to polling stations. So independent observers will be present at the highest-priority locations. But we still very much need your help—especially if you can monitor the elections on Friday or Saturday.

Even if you can observe for just one day, your help will be extremely valuable. If you have no experience, that is not a problem—you can simply watch this online training course by ACF lawyer Alexander Pomazuev and get step-by-step instructions when you receive your observer credentials at our office. And your very presence at the polling station sharply reduces the commission’s willingness to falsify the election.

Come to the Navalny office in your region to get your observer credentials and documents. You can find all the details on where and when to come in this list:

And even if you were not able to become an observer, please keep telling everyone you know about Smart Voting. Because every single vote counts.

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