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OK, so I think a little political context about this would be useful. On September 8th, Russia has "universal voting day", with elections to different regional
by golergka 7y ago
OK, so I think a little political context about this would be useful.
On September 8th, Russia has "universal voting day", with elections to different regional parliaments, heads of some regions and even additional members of parliament. This year, the campaign have been very political because of Moscow parliament - which was for years treated as a completely uninteresting event with very low news coverage and turnout. This year, however, in response to opposition candidates getting a serious momentum, many have been disallowed to run, triggering escalating protests - some legal, some illegal, with sometimes brutal reaction to the police, which, in turn, led even more people to take part in the protest. This amount of people in the street haven't been seen since 2011 protests.
So, after the trust in the elections, rule of law and democracy process have been eroded this much, I'm genuinely surprised that they even bothered to build a buzzword-fueled voting system.
- chupasaurus 7y agoThey were making this voting system since the last year.