The inability to control the outcome of voting on amendments to the Constitution was the main reason why the members of election commissions refuse to work on voting day, says doctor of sociological Sciences, member of PEC No. 118 of Kazan Iskander Jasaveev. He said to the correspondent of “Rosbalt”, the danger of coronavirus was an additional factor. “When June 1 was aware of the purpose of voting on July 1, I decided on the same day. I have six years of experience in the precinct election Commission, I understand the mechanism of work of the Commission and how to ensure the fairness and transparency of elections. In this case, I see no possibility to ensure the fairness of the vote, so the participation in a completely vague, uncontrollable procedure and leaving his signature under the Protocol on voting for me unacceptable. Moreover, in the context of the pandemic. I quite clearly understand that we have the situation of coronavirus is a very serious, and the work of the Commission is the risk for me and for my family and for the people who will come to vote, or who I’ll be coming home. Risk made meaningless in this situation”, – said Iskander Jasaveev. The sociologist believes that similar motives and guided by other members of the election commissions, which signed the open letter “We are not expendable”. “I am quite sure that the people who signed this open letter – not fearful, and clearly, they are thoughtful, intelligent and would be able to the effort in some way to ensure the safety of its citizens. But I think they just understand that it is impossible to control the seven days of voting. How to ensure control over ballot boxes at night or in the widest domestic voting? In Tatarstan, the authorities are going to organize the vote in the courts. I don’t understand how it can be controlled. For example, I’m in one yard, the other independent member of the Commission, I trust, in otherm the yard. And the rest of the yards as we can reach? Here I see a tremendous scope for fraud,” said Iskander Jasaveev. Recall that more than three hundred members of precinct election commissions (PECs) with the right to vote have signed an open letter urging colleagues not to work for voting on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. They recalled that the contacts of Commission members with thousands of people at the polling stations threatening infection of the coronavirus, which could be deadly for the elderly.
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