354 polling stations opened in Kabardino-Balkaria

In Kabardino-Balkaria today, September 18, started the first day of voting in the elections of deputies of the State Duma and local self-government bodies. At exactly 8:00, 354 polling stations opened in all urban districts and districts of the republic.

More than 550 thousand residents of the republic will be able to vote on September 18, 19 and 20. Among them are more than seven thousand young people who will exercise their right to vote for the first time. More than eight thousand voters applied in advance to vote at home.

More than 1,700 public observers monitor the order and transparency of the electoral process. According to Zaur Bekanov, a member of the Electoral Committee of the CBD, this year representatives of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the CBD joined the observation for the first time.