Nearly 70% of Russians plan to vote in September elections — CEC

MOSCOW, September 9. /TASS/. Nearly 70% of Russians surveyed said they would vote in September’s elections, according to information presented at a meeting of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC).

"Of those surveyed, 68.1% said they would vote, while 22.2% said they would probably vote," the commission’s materials state.

Around 10% were undecided or responded negatively.

Among those planning to vote, more than 80% intend to visit polling stations, 6.3% will vote at home, 0.9% will use the Mobile Voter system, and 5.4% will opt for remote electronic voting.

Elections to the ninth State Duma will take place during the September 18-20 voting period. Residents of the Donbass and Novorossiya regions will participate for the first time. Ten parties are on the ballot in the federal electoral district: United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, New People, A Just Russia, the Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice, Communists of Russia, Rodina, the Russian Ecological Party The Greens, and the Party of Direct Democracy.