According to the Luhansk Information Center, this was stated by Denis Miroshnichenko, Chairman of the People's Council of the LPR.

“The People’s Council decides: to determine the days of voting in a referendum from 09/23/2022 to 09/27/2022,” he announced.

On September 20, the head of the Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, signed a law on voting on the issue of joining Russia.