Members of a local electoral commission count ballots at a polling station following a seven-day nationwide vote on constitutional reforms, in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2020. © REUTERS

Official results are not in yet, but exit polls results are.

Exit polls suggested around 70 percent of voters said ‘yes’ to 206 amendments to the Constitution, and close to 30 percent rejected the changes.

With 99 percent of ballots counted, results put the ‘yes’ vote at over 78 percent.

VOCABULARY

1. amendment [ə’men(d)mənt] –  поправка 
2. ballot [‘bælət] – избирательный бюллетень
3. to count [kaunt] – считать, подсчитывать
4. electoral [ɪ’lekt(ə)r(ə)l] – избирательный
5. member [‘membə] – член (какой-л. организации, структуры)
6. nationwide [ˌneɪʃ(ə)n’waɪd] общенациональный; всенародный
7. polling [‘pəulɪŋ] – голосование; опрос общественного мнения
8. polling station избирательный участок
9. to reject [rɪ’ʤekt] –  отклонять, отвергать
10. vote [vəut] – голосование; to vote – голосовать