Semiletov, S.I. Analysis of modern Russian legislation related to the use of State Automatic System “Elections” in realization of the citizens’ constitutional rights to take part in elections and referenda: key contradictions, problems and legislative blanks.

Abstract: Practice of use of the SAS “Elections” (“Vybory”) shows gaps in the existing Russian legislation, which, in turn, do not allow to use the SAS “Elections” in a most effective way to ensure and implement election rights of the Russian citizens. The article by S.I. Semiletov is devoted to the topical issues of legal regulation of the SAS “Elections”, in particular, to the public authenticity and legal power of electronic documents, correlation between the SAS “Elections” and the Internet. The article also contains a number of proposals aimed to amend the existing legislation.