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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well you see, in the United States, the way some politicians, specifically ones belonging to a certain very authoritarian political party manage to get elected is by making sure people don't or can't vote.

This is often coupled with throwing a huge hissy fit about "voter fraud" which doesn't actually exist on any remotely meaningful level.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well, voting fraud is a thing in Russia. Stuffing when one person throws multiple ballots at once, carousel when one persion votes one multiple stations, dead souls(reference to Gogol) where dead or absent people vote and Venedictov's box - when Sobyanin repeatedly claims that electronic voting results will come immidiately when voting ends, but don't long after all physical stations reported results.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Comparing Russian elections to US elections may as well be comparing Vichy France elections to US elections. They are quite different beasts.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe, but I am more familiar Russian elections. Personal experience.

    Also important note: election fraud != voting fraud. Voting fraud is just one type of election fraud. In Russia most widespread type of election fraud is not registering candidates.

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