legal concept of «secret»

The study of the content of secret ballot is impossible without a definition of «the secret ballot». The general legal concept of «secret» is not fixed in the legislation of the Russian Federation, and therefore, there are two basic approaches to this concept in the legal literature: a secret as information and a secret as the legal regime of information. Purpose. The main purpose consists in analyzing the secret ballot as the legal regime of information. Results. In the absence of legislative recognition of the concept of the legal regime of information the author has analyzed the concept of «information» and «legal regime» for the research objectives. On the basis of the analysis of the main elements of the legal regime of information the author claims that they are all inherent in the secret ballot. Conclusion. The author makes some conclusions about the content of the secret ballot, and determines the value of undisclosed information.