entitled to one vote; all citizens participate in elections on an equal footing.
ARTICLE 137
- Women have the right to elect and be elected on equal terms with men.
ARTICLE 138
- Citizens serving in the Red Army have the right to elect and be elected on equal terms with all other citizens.
ARTICLE 139
- Elections of deputies are direct: all Soviets of Toilers' Deputies, from rural and city Soviets of Toilers' Deputies up to and including the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., are elected by the citizens by direct vote.
ARTICLE 140
- Voting at elections of deputies is secret.
ARTICLE 141
- Candidates are nominated for election according to electoral areas.
The right to nominate candidates is secured to public organisations and societies of toilers: Communist Party organisations, trade unions, co-operatives, youth organisations and cultural societies.
ARTICLE 142
- It is the duty of every deputy to report to the electors on his work and on the work of the Soviet of Toilers' Deputies, and he is liable to be recalled at any time in the manner established by law upon decision of a majority of the electors.
Chapter XII
EMBLEM, FLAG, CAPITAL
ARTICLE 143
The state emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consists of a sickle and hammer against a globe depicted in the rays of the sun and surrounded by ears of corn with the inscription in the languages
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