We work hard to win votes in elections. But it also takes a lot of work to make the authorities count those votes properly. I’m not going to write a long, grandiose post about the importance of election monitoring. You already know it all, you’ve already seen it all. After December 4, 2011, we all know for certain that Moscow City Hall and Sobyanin personally are among the country’s leading election fraudsters. So let’s get our forks ready, take the noodles off our ears (a Russian idiom meaning “stop believing the lies”) about “public councils,” “young lawyers,” and “video cameras,” and get ready to monitor the elections.
Good news: there are about three and a half thousand polling stations in Moscow. To secure fair elections through active monitoring and public oversight of the vote count, we need 10,500 observers. Even better news: we’ve already prepared everything for this—just become an observer with RosVybory http://register.rosvybory.org/ You will receive training, an official observer assignment to a polling station, informational materials, and a whole stack of useful documents to take with you on election day. In addition, on September 8 you will be able to get legal support at any time—a “hotline” and mobile teams of lawyers, journalists, and well-known public figures will be operating. You are not alone. At the polling station, you will be helped by people whom we managed to get appointed to election commissions this winter so they can help ensure the law is followed. September 8 will be a long and stressful day, but we will definitely be ready for it. Everyone, sign up to observe http://register.rosvybory.org/