MOSCOW, June 11 (RAPSI) – Over 500,000 applications have been filed with from citizens of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod Region willing to take part in the voting on Russian Constitution amendments online, Chair of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova has stated.

Moreover, about 240,000 applications more have been lodged by nationals who want to want at a place of stay through the Mobile Elector System, and more than 19,000 requests for the home voting have been submitted, she has added.

In early June, President Vladimir Putin set July 1 as the date of the All-Russian vote on amendments to the Russian Constitution. Residents of Moscow and Niznny Novgorod have an opportunity to vote online.