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In the Kirov region, due to a technical error, 32 thousand ballots were declared invalid in the elections to the legislative assembly.
The case of an error in the production and transmission of ballots at regional elections in the Kirov region will be given the most fundamental assessment, said Ella Pamfilova, Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission.
On Monday, Pamfilova reported that due to a technical error in the ballot paper for the election of deputies to the legislative assembly of the Kirov region of the eighth convocation in the Kirov single-mandate electoral district No. 25, 32 thousand ballots were declared invalid.
“Elections will have to be held in this constituency in a year. This is unacceptable. The most fundamental assessment will be given,” Pamfilova said at the Russian Central Election Commission information center.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Holding elections in the Kirov single-mandate electoral district No. 25 in a year
Very likely · Within months

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