Key Takeaways
- The state automated system will be operational for Russia’s 2024 presidential election.
- Digital analogue technology ensures the system works offline, protecting it from internet threats.
- CEC Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said elections can be postponed in regions where conditions deteriorate.
Moscow: A digital analogue of the state automated system dubbed “Elections” is completely autonomous from the internet.
It will be ready for the presidential election in Russia in 2024, according to Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova on Monday.
“By the time of the presidential election, we will have a digital analogue of our Elections … the state automated system, ready. Of course, its main advantage, which makes it invulnerable just like the current …. system, is that it will be completely autonomous from the internet, the global system,” Pamfilova said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Additionally, the CEC head said that if the situation in new regions deteriorates, then the commission has the right to postpone elections there.
