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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1592</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>The ways of improving state policy on electoral rights of citizens with disabilities in the Russian Federation</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>The ways of improving state policy on electoral rights of citizens with disabilities in the Russian Federation</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Marmilova</surname><given-names>E.P.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Marmilova</surname><given-names>E.P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>katyamme@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2642" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2642"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2017</year></pub-date><issue>3</issue><fpage>105</fpage><lpage>109</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/3/article/1592">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/3/article/1592</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/3(52)/105-109.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/3(52)/105-109.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article examines ways of improving the state policy regarding the electoral rights of persons with disabilities in the Russian Federation. Voting allows persons with disabilities to exert greater political influence. This group of citizens are faced with various psychological, physical or institutional barriers in the exercise of their active electoral rights. In general, it can be said that the task of providing the same opportunity for participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process, as well as for other voters, is being gradually solved. However, to date, the main ways of improving state policy regarding the electoral rights of disabled people have not yet been clearly defined.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines ways of improving the state policy regarding the electoral rights of persons with disabilities in the Russian Federation. Voting allows persons with disabilities to exert greater political influence. This group of citizens are faced with various psychological, physical or institutional barriers in the exercise of their active electoral rights. In general, it can be said that the task of providing the same opportunity for participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process, as well as for other voters, is being gradually solved. However, to date, the main ways of improving state policy regarding the electoral rights of disabled people have not yet been clearly defined.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>государственная политика по обеспечению избирательных прав инвалидов</kwd><kwd>права граждан с ограниченными возможностями здоровья</kwd><kwd>активное избирательное право</kwd><kwd>government policies to ensure the electoral rights of persons with disabilities</kwd><kwd>rights of citizens with disabilities</kwd><kwd>active suffrage</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>государственная политика по обеспечению избирательных прав инвалидов</kwd><kwd>права граждан с ограниченными возможностями здоровья</kwd><kwd>активное избирательное право</kwd><kwd>government policies to ensure the electoral rights of persons with disabilities</kwd><kwd>rights of citizens with disabilities</kwd><kwd>active suffrage</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>