Annotation

The relevance of this study is determined by the fundamental role of electoral legislation in legitimizing political power and constituting representative institutions. In the context of dynamically evolving social relations, technological challenges, and shifts in political culture, the process of transforming this legislation becomes a key field of interaction among various forces that determine the trajectory of the state's political development. The aim of the work is a comprehensive analysis of the transformation process of electoral legislation as a multidimensional phenomenon, determined by the interaction of multiple actors and factors. The author sets the task to identify and systematize the key actor forces and causal factors that initiate, modulate, and determine the vector, intensity, and final parameters of changes in the regulatory and legal framework of elections. The research methodology is based on a synthesis of systemic, institutional, and actor-network approaches. This allows us to consider electoral legislation not as a static set of norms, but as a dynamic system in a state of continuous dialectical interaction with the external environment. In this study, the transformation of electoral legislation appears as a nonlinear, conflict-prone, and highly contextual process, resulting from the synergistic and competitive interaction of a pluralistic set of actors.