ID | 104185 |
Title Proper | Electoral legislation in Russian region |
Language | ENG |
Author | Lyubarev, Arkady |
Publication | 2011. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | RUSSIAN ELECTORAL LEGISLATION IS BASED ON a Federal Law 'On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Russian Federation Citizens to Participate in a Referendum',1 which provides a framework for all elections across the country (hereafter, the Federal Law 'On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights', or the 'framework law'). This law takes priority over regional electoral legislation. Therefore, ever since this framework legislation was first enacted in 1995, the development dynamics of regional electoral legislation have been shaped by the changes to this law. However, while in the past this framework law had only been amended once or twice over a four-year election cycle, since 2004 it has been continually amended (Lyubarev 2009a). Thus, for example, over the four years of its mandate, the fourth State Duma of 2003-2007 amended the 'Law on the Basic Guarantees' 17 times, whilst the fifth Duma amended it 14 times in its first two years (2007-2009). |
`In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 63, No.3; May 2011: p.415-427 |
Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 63, No.3; May 2011: p.415-427 |
Key Words | Electoral Legislation - Russian Region ; Russian Electoral Legislation ; Federal Law ; Electoral Rights ; Regional Electoral Legislation |