Principles of the Universal and Equal Electoral Right in Acts of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

Principles of the universal and equal electoral right constitute the basis of relations in the sphere of exercising of rights of citizens to participation in management of affairs of the state and are traditionally well studied by the constitutional law science. At the same time, application of such principles primarily in the practice of the national constitutional control authority serves as an important benchmark for the law enforcement practice of election organizers and general jurisdiction courts designed to solve the arising electoral disputes in an expeditious manner. The presented article illustrates positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation that the author believes describe the studied principles most fully, including from the standpoint of their impact on evaluations of contemporary digital electoral technologies and matters of candidacy list forms relevant in the autumn elections of 2024.