"Confirm you're not a robot": United Russia has created a service to monitor voter turnout at polling stations.
A promotional video about the work of the GEO-SMS application, which helps control The turnout of public sector workers and other voters dependent on the authorities is being distributed among party members of a certain level—party functionaries and deputies. This is reported by the movement "Vote".
According to the developers, voters must go to their polling station, enable geolocation on their phone, confirm they are not a robot, and press the "Vote" button for the system to reflect the task completed. There's no way to trick the system: the button will only work near your polling station.
The app is not available in public app stores—it can only be downloaded via a personal link. This requires the phone number to be entered into the party information system "Mobilization" database.
Public institutions have already joined in distributing the app. For example, link to the presentation can be found on the official website Narimanov District Hospital Astrakhan region.
"Golos" reminds that the use of such a service directly violates the principles of secrecy of the vote and freedom of expression (and Part 2 of Article 141 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).