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THE OBSERVERS ARE THE TRUTH

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Kazan. March 4th 2012. Presidential election. Precinct 127

(there was a video clip in the initial version of the Power Point presentation. See the clip on the next page.)

PROBLEM STATEMENT

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PROBLEM STATEMENTKazan. March 4th 2012. Presidential election. Precinct 127

(there was the second video clip in the initial version of the Power Point presentation. See the second clip on the next page.)

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HOW THE CEC FIGHTS THE FRAUD

The official web site of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation

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The official web site of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation

HOW THE CEC FIGHTS THE FRAUD

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THE CRIME AND THE REWARD

A quick search of “Irina Komarova” on the Web gives…

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MR. BABURKIN’S CASEThe lowest result of the United Russia party among all Russia’s regions

The elections in the region are organized in full compliance with the law

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MR. BABURKIN’S CASE

Productive relationships with civic observers

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MR. BABURKIN’S CASE

Even the hairsplitting GOLOS association couldn’t deny the unusual fairness of the elections in the Yaroslav region.

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ALL OF A SUDDEN…

The head of the regional election commission is leaving his position. Actually the respondent of Gazeta.Ru close to the Yaroslav administration states that Mr. Baburkin wasn’t involved in large scale falsifications during voting for the State Duma deputies and had a good reputation among opposition.

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DUALIST ATTITUDE OF THE CEC

1. To reward the staff who violates the law

2. To get rid of those who DON’T

MOREOVER…

1. Creating obstacles for civic observers

2. Preventing the complaining about falsification by ordinary citizens in the court

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BEFORE “THE WHITE RIBBON”

The distribution of precincts by turnout (Different elections, Moscow)

The distribution of precincts by turnout in Lithuania (Presidential elections,1997)

The distribution of precincts by turnout (Bundestag, Berlin, 2009)

The same type of distribution. (Poland, 2nd round of the Presidential elections, 2005)

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BEFORE “THE WHITE RIBBON”

The distribution of parties’ results were very suspicious as well. Especially, those of the United Russia party.

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MR. ORESHKIN’S BRIGHT IDEAMr. Dmitry Oreshkin offered to

organize intensive observation on each 5th or 10th polling station.

Carl Friedrich Gauss couldn’t have been more pleased because…

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PURE SCIENCEProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Field experiment estimate of electoral fraud in Russian parliamentary elections

Ruben Enikolopova, Vasily Korovkina, Maria Petrovaa, Konstantin Sonina, Alexei Zakharov

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DR GAUSS IS BACK!Moscow. 2012. The presidential election. The total control by the citizens had dramatically changed the official data.

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DR GAUSS IS BACK!Moscow. 2012. The presidential election. The total control by the citizens had dramatically changed the official data.

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CUE PRODEST?

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UNEXPECTED RESULTS OF MR. PUTIN ELECTIONS

1. The elections of Mr. Putin showed that the State Duma lacks the legitimacy.

2. Gauss adherents utterly defeated the believers in “Hidden Variables”

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THE ESTIMATION OF THE FALSIFICATION PROLIFERATION

The metaphor of aerosurveying and reconnaissance squad.

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AN ARMENIAN EXAMPLE

Photo of the ballot box bottom at the precinct #17.2 in Armenia (by Lena Nazarian) and the position of this precinct at the diagram.

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THE BATTLE FOR KASIMOV

A unique case of the total civic control of the local elections in the town of Kasimov (see documentary by M. Muskevich “Observer Power”)

* Вертикальная ось – процент партий (т.е. должно быть пятно вытянутое по горизонтали)

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OBSERVER POWER

The distortion of the distribution in Kasimov caused by verified falsifications is corresponding with the distortion in other regions (city of Moscow)

* Вертикальная ось – процент партий (т.е. должно быть пятно вытянутое по горизонтали)

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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!

Unlike to the previous years, the civic observation gained real force and began to influence final results through fraud prevention.The authorities saw it as a real danger to their power and launched The Counterattack.

1. Constant discrediting of civic observation.

2. Tightening the rules of observation.3. Introduction of “professional”

precinct commissions for 5 year term.

4. Persecution (and now prosecution) of GOLOS association and other observer movements.

5. To be continued…