On July 1st, Russia’s citizens will vote to wave the restriction that the president may not serve more than two consecutive terms. Residents of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod have the option to use electronic voting based on blockchain. Separately, the Russian Supreme Court used blockchain voting during a remote plenary session.
Vladimir Putin first came to power in 2000 when the presidential term was restricted to a maximum of two consecutive four year terms. Dmitry Medvedev became president in 2008 and appointed Putin as prime minister. In 2012 the presidency was extended to six years and Putin retook office.
The latest constitutional vote involves changing numerous clauses in addition to waving the two term restriction. If we’re reading the change correctly, the two term waiver only applies to the president in office at the time of the constitutional change.
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