It seems to be a tactic not so uncommon as that. It happened here in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election_voter_suppression_sca

It seems to be a tactic not so uncommon as that. It happened here in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election_voter_suppression_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election... To wit: Harper moved on to head the IDU after his last time as PM. I'm not sure if it's crazy or not to draw a line there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Democrat_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Democrat_Union