Today, on April 2, United Russia began receiving applications to participate in the intra-party preliminary voting (GHG) on the selection of candidates for participation in the autumn regional elections. The primaries last until May 8. To control the process, special organizing committees already work in all regions. June 3 will be a single day of GHG on an open model. This means that all adults of the electoral district will be able to take part in it. A candidate can become both a party member and a nonpartisan, the main requirement is the absence of previous convictions and foreign accounts and property. "The results of presidential elections proved the right of United Russia to be called the presidential party. In autumn we will have to prove this status in regional and municipal campaigns. Strategically, we have two key tasks. The first is to preserve and increase the mobilization potential that was generated during the spring campaign. The second - to come to September in the most updated, popular for our voters, "- said the secretary of the General Council" ER "Andrei Turchak. He noted that the election campaigns in the regions will also become information sites for the rebranding of the party, which is planned for the coming spring. At the same time, Turchak drew attention to the fact that the previous presidential campaign formed a unique base of supporters of United Russia, whose effectiveness can be discussed on June 3. "During the procedure, an open model of preliminary voting will operate. It is the most transparent for voters, as much as possible limiting the backstage and the possibility of using an administrative resource.

Moreover, such a model is optimal for new individuals and young leaders. I want to emphasize at once that we will do everything to prevent the possibility of replaying the results of preliminary voting, pressure on the participants, "the party member stressed.. "United Russia" is the only party in the country that conducts the primaries, that is, it gives an opportunity to enter the list of candidates, for example, deputies to everyone. The first PG was held in 2006 at the regional level. Ten years later, on the eve of the elections to the State Duma on May 22, more than 10.5 million people came to accountable sites, that is 9.59% of all voters. In 2017, on a single day of PG, 12.

6 million people voted their votes, or 9.38%. This year in Russia there will be 77 campaigns in 49 subjects. In 21 regions, top officials will be elected, 16 deputies of legislative assemblies, 12 deputies of administrative centers, and 7 heads of small towns. In addition, there will be 16 local government election campaigns, which will replace 26,700 mandates. Also in 2018, early elections of 5 deputies of the lower house of parliament in single-mandate electoral districts.