Friday, January 25, 2008

Kasyanov Is Almost Out of Elections


Russian law dictates that an independent candidate must have two million valid signatures. No more than 5% of the signatures can be forged. "While the electoral commission has yet to reach a final decision on whether or not Mr Kasyanov can run, they now say that 13.38% of his signatures are invalid.

"The number of certified signatures is less than two million, which is sufficient basis to reject his registration as candidate for the presidency," said commission member Nikolai Konkin."


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