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Article 79
 

1. Voting results obtained in each election precinct, territory, subject of the Russian Federation within the scope of data contained in the minutes of the relevant Election Commissions and subordinated Election Commissions shall be submitted for examination to any electors, foreign (international) observers, mass media representatives upon their request immediately after the voting and election results minutes have been signed by the members of the Election Commission that received such a request. The indicated data shall be presented by the relevant Election Commission.


2. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall forward tentative data on the results of the Russian Federation presidential elections to mass media editorial bodies as these data are received by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. (clause 2 as amended by Federal Law No. 93 as of July 21, 2005)


3. The Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall, within two weeks from the polling day, officially publish the data of the voting results minutes of all Territorial Election Commissions and data of the relevant summary tables,, in regional state periodicals. In case of vote recount performed in certain election precincts, territories, the results of which are received by the Election Commission of the subject of the Russian Federation after the set date, the Election Commission of the subject of the Russian Federation shall officially publish verified data within a week as from the date on which the relevant decision was made on their basis. The Election Commission of the subject of the Russian Federation may publish summary tables of the Territorial Election Commissions in one or more municipal periodicals or issue a technical brochure to be further transferred to state and municipal public libraries in the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation, entities issuing mass media, regional branches of political parties registered in the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation. (clause 3 as amended by Federal Law No. 93 as of July 21, 2005)


4. Official publication of the results of the Russian Federation presidential elections as well as the data on a number of votes won by each registered candidate and (in case provided for by clause 5.1 of article 67 of this Federal Law) the data on a number of negative votes shall be performed by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation within three days from the day of its signing of the minutes of the Russian Federation presidential elections results. Within ten days from the day of signing by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation of the minutes of the Russian Federation presidential election results this Commission shall officially publish complete data of the minutes of all Election Commissions of the subject of the Russian Federation in its official press body. (as amended by Federal Law No. 107-FZ as of July 12, 2006)


5. Within two months from the polling day the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall officially publish in its official press body the information on voting results including complete data of the voting results minutes of all Election Commissions (save as the Precinct Election Commissions), data on the results of the Russian Federation presidential elections, as well as the data on the candidate elected provided for in clauses 4 and 6 of article 67 of this Federal Law. Not later than seven days after this publication the said information shall be placed by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on the Internet for a period of at least a year as from the day of official publication of the results of the Russian Federation presidential elections.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ as of July 21, 2005)