Remember this:
http://youtu.be/nuBKl2rOYQA Almost 10 days ago, I wrote about how election commissions in Moscow are filtering out undesirable candidates in the municipal elections. The crooks and thieves from the Lomonosovsky District, along with the members of the Territorial Election Commission representing their interests, refused to register two independent candidates: Pyotr Miloserdov and Konstantin Kolesnichenko (the latter is a candidate from Democratic Choice). The candidates were removed because, according to a handwriting expert, several signatures on their petition sheets were allegedly written by other people. The signatures were, of course, collected by the candidates themselves. Miloserdov and Kolesnichenko turned out to be tough fighters: they didn’t just swallow it, they went and filed complaints. Yesterday, on February 1, the Moscow City Election Commission ruled to overturn the refusal to register Miloserdov and Kolesnichenko and to register them as candidates. Congratulations to the newly registered candidates (especially Miloserdov—it’s his birthday today). So now, in the Lomonosovsky District, there is finally someone worth voting for. By the way, the guys really need support, because the crooks and thieves are unlikely to forgive them for this slapdown. You can find out more here: http://lomonos.gorod2012.ru/ Now for the bad news. Dozens of people have been removed from the municipal elections in Moscow, and the number is approaching a hundred. On the most absurd and lawless grounds imaginable. Here are some examples: Candidate Boris Mazurchik from the Donskoy District was denied registration because voters listed “building 3” as their place of residence on his petition sheets, whereas according to a certificate from the Federal Migration Service (UFMS), it is “building 3, block 1”—despite the fact that the residents themselves don’t know this, and there are no other blocks attached to building 3. Candidate Tatyana Raevskaya from the Khamovniki District was denied registration because her documents did not include proof that she was temporarily unemployed. Candidate Alexander Kuzin from the Losinoostrovsky District was nearly denied registration—first because the commission allegedly required a different approved format for his financial report, and then by s*imply turning off the lights during the commission meeting. I urge everyone who has been removed from the ballot to fight. Go to the commissions, go to court, prove that you are right. The members of the Party of Crooks and Thieves (a derogatory nickname for United Russia) are counting on you to give up and “not want to get your hands dirty.” Do exactly the opposite, as Miloserdov and Kolesnichenko did. And one more very important thing. United Russia members in Moscow did not hold a party conference for the Party of Crooks and Thieves, and therefore all of their candidates are running by collecting signatures, as self-nominated candidates. You must not vote for these people. The civic initiative “Our City” (Mikhail Velmakin and Pyotr Miloserdov) has launched the website http://www.gorod2012.ru/. It contains a list of candidates from among civic activists (some are running as self-nominated candidates, others from opposition parties). But most importantly, it** also provides information about nominees from the Party of Crooks and Thieves, ***who are running en masse in the elections disguised as “independent” candidates. The site also contains information about candidates removed from the ballot and about the dishonest and illegal actions of election commissions. The resource will be updated daily. Update: One such candidate (fortunately, one who was registered) wrote a very interesting post about how the candidate registration procedure works—maxkatz