Preparing observers for the election of the Russian president from among the members of public organizations of the Sverdlovsk region will begin in mid-February. Appropriate agreements were reached between the Public Chamber of the Sverdlovsk Region by the Civil Control Association, whose representative Dmitry Vovchuk visited the Middle Urals.

Recall that innovations in the Russian legislation gave regional public chambers the authority to send to the polling stations of independent observers from among the public figures.

"The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation can now delegate its observers to the polling stations through the public chambers of the constituent entities of the country. Observers now do not necessarily have to belong to a particular candidate or party. Now it is enough to represent a specific public organization, "recalled Dmitry Vovchuk, deputy director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, part of the" Civil Control ".

According to him, a non-governmental organization wishing to send observers to the polling stations should sign an agreement with the region's regional administration by providing its list of candidates to the general corps of observers ready to undergo training and take part in public observation at the March 2018 elections.

According to Sergei Mayzel, deputy chairman of Sverdlovsk OP, so far agreements have already been signed with twenty public organizations.

As Dmitry Vovchuk noted, the first wave of training of observers from public organizations will start from the middle of February.

"It is very important for the training system to pass directly to the polling stations. We are ready to provide methodological and legal support. Observers should know the basic norms of the law on the election of the President of the Russian Federation, the basic guarantees of the electoral rights of Russian citizens, the rules of agitation and voting, where the urn should be located, who can approach it, the powers of members of the election commission, and much more, "said Dmitry Vovchuk.