“Indeed, voting within the framework of DEG (remote electronic voting) is very active; it was first used in Russia in the 2019 elections to the Moscow City Duma, and since then both the number of voters who vote remotely and the coverage of territories have constantly expanded,” he recalled specialist.
Commenting on the reasons for choosing the remote format for voting, Shapovalov noted that this is, first of all, convenience and comfort.
“The opportunity to vote anywhere, without leaving your apartment or office, work office, the ability to combine the voting process, without interrupting the daily life in which voters find themselves.
Finally, there is one more very important point - it is modern.
This corresponds to the current level of development of society, modern trends,” the expert explained.
According to him, “we are increasingly moving towards the use of online technologies in various areas of life.”
“Whether it be sales and purchases, training, work.
And it is quite natural that the election process in this regard is no exception,” concluded RT’s interlocutor.
Earlier it became known that more than 1.5 million people had already taken part in remote electronic voting (DEG) on the federal platform for the Russian presidential elections.