Moscow without tender buys computers for 1 billion rubles for electronic elections

At the end of May, 2020 the Moscow Department of Information Technology signed the purchase contract of the computer equipment intended for "carrying out the all-Russian vote".

The tender was won by Avilex company which at most till July 27 will have to deliver more than 9.8 thousand system units, as much monitors, 2.2 thousand computers monoblocks and also 350 video cameras. Total amount of the order is 997.2 million rubles.

One company will deliver to Moscow computers for 1 billion rubles for carrying out electronic elections

Earlier the Russian CEC approved the list of 30 digital sections in Moscow only for carrying out vote on a by-election of deputies of the State Duma, elections to regional parliaments and heads of the subjects of the Russian Federation to the uniform voting day on September 13. 

In a conversation with the Otkrytye Media edition the member of the dismissed expert advice at TsIKe, the member of council of the movement "Golos" Andrey Buzin noted that the volume of the purchased equipment several times exceeds the number of polling precincts in Moscow.

These purchases say  that DIT wants to use  that system of remote vote which was tested on  elections of deputies of the Moscow City Duma — the expert reported.

Saying about  why Moscow buys the equipment,  without waiting for the decision of the CEC, Buzin specifies that such independence in  questions of elections is typical for the Moscow mayor's office:

Why they should  with each other [the mayor's office and  the CEC] it to approve? In  Moscow there live 7% of all voters of Russia, and  it  in this respect can arrive rather independently and  ignore departments. It was always observed also  in  the legislation  — for example when Moscow got permission to arrange completely a majority voting system — he said.

The deputy manager of the office of the CEC Vladimir Grachev, answering  a question of Open Media, told that  he is not informed on  preparation of remote vote and  advised to address to  the Moscow City Elections Commission (MCEC). The secretary of MSUC Dmitry Reut in  a conversation with  the edition,  in turn advised to wait for rules which will be set by the CEC.^[1]

See Also

• Electronic elections (remote vote)

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