Introduction. The article is based on an analysis of the decisions of the Central Election Commission of Russian Federation on the refusal to register groups of voters created to support the self-nomination of candidates for the position of President of the Russian Federation and their authorized representatives, within the framework of the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, scheduled for March 17, 2024, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, based on the results of challenging such decisions, revealed problematic aspects of the procedure for creating and registering a group of voters to support the self-nomination of a candidate. Methods. When writing the article, general scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, systematization. In addition, a formal legal method was used. In the process of analyzing the empirical material, which consists of decisions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, decisions of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, sociological methods were used. Results. It is noted that, taking into account the current legislation and resolutions of the Central Election Commission, the procedure for holding a meeting and registering a group of voters to support a candidate for the position of President of the Russian Federation has been established, which consists of a number of stages with a certain mode of conduct and documentation. For violation of the procedure, corresponding constitutional and legal liability is established in the form of cancellation of the decision of the meeting and its registration. Discussion and Conclusion. An analysis of the current legislation and the decisions of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee allows us to conclude that the currently established procedure is a guarantee of democracy and reliability in the implementation of electoral rights.
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