FEATURES OF LEGAL REGULATION ELECTION OF LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES IN PRE-WARRANTY IN THE SOVIET STATE
The legal foundations of elections of deputies of local Soviets in the pre-war 1939 are considered. It is noted that by the mid-1930s. in the USSR, the need for constitutional reform was formed - taking into account the past experience of state building. In the new Constitution of the USSR in 1936 and the Constitution of the RSFSR in 1937, a significant place was given to the electoral system, which was formally reorganized as a whole in a more democratic direction (the introduction of secret ballot, the possibility of nominating alternative candidates). Both constitutional norms and, in more detail, the norms of the new electoral law (mid-1939) are analyzed. It is noted that the ruling VKP (b) managed to make the elections manageable, de facto - uncontested, which was confirmed by the results of the election campaign and the results of the elections to local Soviets held at the end of 1939. Nevertheless, a certain step forward in the electoral process was made.