Modern Trends of Electoral Legislation Development

Abstract

The article describes the main trends in the development of modern electoral legislation. The author focuses on the main directions of development of electoral legislation, describes their content, the problems associated with their implementation, including from the practice of the Election Commission of the Novosibirsk Region. The author touches upon the provisions of the Russian Federation legislation related to the emergence of a new public control institution over elections - the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and civic chambers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Discloses the benefits of video surveillance. The author narrates about the pros and cons of the Mobile Voter mechanism. Trends in legislation on Russian Federation elections related to the single voting day transfer are considered.