The Russian Consulate General in Houston is ready to accept any number of Russians to vote in the State Duma elections

The Russian Consulate General in Houston is ready to accept any number of Russians to vote in the State Duma elections.

Voting will take place from 8:00 to 20:00 local time; after 20:00 only those who are already inside the polling station will be able to vote.

NEW YORK, September 16 - RIA Novosti. The Russian Consulate General in Houston, America is ready to receive any number of Russians who may come to the polling station for the State Duma elections, Russian Consul General Nikolai Pukalov told RIA Novosti.

Russians in the United States will be able to vote in three cities where Russian diplomatic missions operate: at the embassy in Washington and the consulates general in Houston and New York. Polling stations will be open from 8.00 to 20.00 local time, and a foreign passport will be required to vote.

“The election of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation is the most important internal political event, therefore, we have certainly ensured that we are ready for any turnout, based on the approximate number of voters in the consular district. By decision of the precinct election commission, the required number of ballots were produced,” Pukalov said.

According to him, the Consulate General will also convert the visitor reception hall into a polling station in order to “make the process of expressing the will of citizens as comfortable as possible.”

Pukalov added that after voting ends at 20.00, only those voters who will already be in the polling station by that time will be able to exercise their right.