The Central Election Commission denied the Kuban election commissioners' request to cancel multi-day voting.

Members of the Krasnodar Krai election commissions, in a collective letter, called on the Russian Central Election Commission to hold the State Duma elections in a single day due to the high risk of overnight fraud. In response, the Central Election Commission stated that their letter contained no evidence of fraud due to the multi-day voting period.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) observers recorded violations during the 2025 gubernatorial and municipal elections in Krasnodar Krai. The Kubizbirkom Telegram channel distributed a video showing police preventing people from entering a polling station in Goryachy Klyuch. Anna Revyakina, a candidate for the Krasnodar City Duma from the CPRF, also reported violations during home voting. On September 13, observers and a candidate were forcibly expelled from one of the polling stations, but a member of the commission remained inside, even though the station was supposed to be closed and sealed. It was also reported that at polling station 1007 in Goryachy Klyuch, a Communist Party observer was prohibited from recording the vote count.

The Russian Central Election Commission has responded to a collective appeal from members of Krasnodar Krai election commissions requesting that the three-day workweek not be introduced for the State Duma elections in September due to potential overnight fraud, the Kubizbirkom Telegram channel, which reports on the activities of Kuban election commissions, reported today, publishing a letter from the commission dated June 22.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev responded to the authors in an official letter that their appeal contains no verifiable evidence of falsifications due to the multi-day voting period.

Bulaev also noted that multi-day voting is effective and in demand, as confirmed by opinion polls. The voting procedure also prevents the possibility of rigging the results. The Central Election Commission (CEC) considers reports of violations arising from overnight storage of ballots during three-day voting to be unsubstantiated, the letter states.

Previously, members of Krasnodar Krai's election commissions called for the introduction of multi-day voting for the State Duma elections in September. Activists noted that this burdens the budget and commission members, and that storing ballots overnight at polling stations poses a risk of fraud. A collective appeal to Central Election Commission Head Ella Pamfilova was initiated by Krasnodar Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Alexander Safronov. He submitted the first signatures to the department on May 25, Safronov himself announced on his Telegram channel.

"I submitted a collective appeal from members of the Kuban electoral commissions to Ella Pamfilova demanding an end to the practice of multi-day voting and holding the State Duma elections in a single day. Because multi-day voting means storing ballots overnight without proper observer oversight, like safe-packets that are easily opened, and there is a huge risk of fraud," he stated after submitting the collective appeal to the Russian Central Election Commission.

Furthermore, according to the authors of the appeal, multi-day voting entails colossal budget expenditures, nighttime intrusions into polling stations, and anomalous results in favor of United Russia. "A fair election is when a person comes to the polling station, drops a ballot in the box, and it's immediately counted. We need fair elections, not a three-day marathon of vote-rigging by 'crooks and thieves,'" Safronov said.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Presidium of the CPRF Control and Auditing Commission for Krasnodar Krai expelled Inna Pagayeva, head of the Sochi branch, from the party. She sent an appeal to the party leader and the Central Committee, demanding that the decision be recognized as illegal. Communists are convinced that this is a "cleansing of the ranks" before the elections.