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Observer Polina Barinova filed a lawsuit about violations at her polling station #723, where she also voted. The girl claimed that the counting procedure was illegitimate:

🔸 There was no opportunity to visually familiarize with the ballots;

🔸 The principle of publicity (there was no announcement) and consistency (ballots in several stacks were counted simultaneously) was violated;

🔸 The enlarged protocol form was not filled in as the counting progressed;

🔸 The Commission did not provide an opportunity to familiarize with the voter lists during the count;

🔸 The table stood in a corner, it was difficult to see the ballots over the shoulders of the commissioners

"We as voters have the right to have our votes counted correctly. I have no confidence in this count," the observer summarized. As an opposite example, she told about the procedure of vote counting in 2021 in Shchelkovo, to which she had no complaints.

PEC representative Anna Komarova, along with TEC chairman Vladimir Ryazanov, said they disagreed with Barinova's arguments. They attached several video recordings, which, according to them, prove that the counting was conducted transparently and that Barinova was not actively following the process. The video shows members of the commission surrounding the table, counting ballots and chanting "Putin, Putin, Putin." Komarova also stated that "during the period of PEC work, the observer is subordinate to the chairperson," although this is not true.

At the next meeting on April 16, it is planned to question witnesses on both sides and to watch video recordings from the video recorder at the polling station.

Polina Barinova is an active observer at elections in the Moscow region. Last year she managed to catch ballot stuffing (https://t.me/sotavisionmedia/20573) at polling station 2425 in Pushkino. This time she appealed (https://t.me/sotavisionmedia/27894) with complaints about improper counting procedures to PECs and TECs, and after they were rejected - with a lawsuit in court.

Video: SOTAvision, Observers of the Moscow Region *** Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) ***