{news} Russia bands Green Party!!

[Tim McKee]

Russia bans third party from parliamentary election  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two more parties have been banned from Russia's Dec 2 parliamentary election for containing fake signatures in their lists, local media said on Sunday, a day after the Green Party was disqualified for the same reason.
  Small parties have complained that the registration process was too bureaucratic ahead of a vote in which the pro-Kremlin United Russia is expected to keep its majority. President Vladimir Putin will head its list of candidates.
            
  The Central Electoral Commission said there were too many discrepancies in the lists sent by the People's Union and the Party for Peace and Unity to let them run, Interfax said.
  The People's Union pledged to take the case to the Russian Supreme Court.
  On Saturday the Green party was denied the right to register for the election after the commission said the number of fake signatures in the list of 70,000 party supporters checked by the commission exceeded the permissible five percent.
  Eleven parties will participate in the polls.
  An Oct 24 opinion survey from independent pollster Levada Centre showed the United Russia party was backed by 68 percent of voters, up from 55 percent in September.
  Putin made the surprise announcement on October 1 that he would head United Russia's national list of candidates, in a move to maintain his influence after he leaves office next year.
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  This article: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1720522007
  Last updated: 28-Oct-07 18:18 GMT


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