Public observation as a tool of election legitimacy

The author of the article considers election observation as a form of public control provided by civil society to contribute to election legitimacy and to strengthen voters’ confidence in the election results as well as in the legality of the legislative branch. The article analyzes the practice of video broadcasting of voting process, the cases of public observation done by public chambers at the elections to the State Duma in 2021. The conclusion is made about the need to improve the legal regulation of public control at elections. The author proposes to appoint election observers in places of detention with this right to be realized by civic monitoring commissions. Since elections are a form of democracy, it is important to expand the possibility of public control in the federal legislation not only over the vote, but also at the previous stages of the electoral process federal legislation

Keywords

public control, public monitoring, video broadcasting of voting, election legitimacy, public chambers, legal regulation

Received

21.09.2021

Publication date

17.03.2022

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34386

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GOST	Chebotarev G. Public observation as a tool of election legitimacy // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 1 C. 120-129 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520018279-7-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018279-7
MLA	Chebotarev, Gennady "Public observation as a tool of election legitimacy." Gosudarstvo i pravo 1 (2022):120-129. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018279-7
APA	Chebotarev G. (2022). Public observation as a tool of election legitimacy. Gosudarstvo i pravo (1), pp.120-129 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018279-7

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