Ulaanbaatar
Election commission delegation of Russia visiting
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the General Election Commission (GEC) Ch.Sodnomtseren received Monday a delegation led by a member of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation N.V.Levichev, who is visiting here to observe the 2016 parliamentary election and its preparations.
Noting that the election commissions of the countries have been expanding their relations and cooperation since the establishment of a cooperation memorandum, Ch.Sodnomtseren pointed out the collaboration could broaden further.
Representatives of the election authorities of the countries have been visiting each other to observe elections in all levels, the GEC head said, and expressed the willingness to send observers to the upcoming elections of the Russian State Duma to be held on September 18, 2016.
In turn, Levichev conveyed to the GEC head greetings of the Russian CEC chairwoman E.A.Panfilova, and then said an invitation will be sent soon to the GEC for observing the State Duma election. He informed that a new composition of the CEC has included some former members of the State Duma and the Federation Council, and a session of the political parties with seats at the State Duma has started to nominate candidates.
Levichev said he is interested in actions of operating the election device of counting ballot papers to be used at the elections.
