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reminded me - in my pre-school childhood i once tagged along with my father as he was a Judge of the Election for an elections in our district. >making sure th
by VladRussian 15y ago
reminded me - in my pre-school childhood i once tagged along with my father as he was a Judge of the Election for an elections in our district.
>making sure that a bunch of non-expert voters manage to successfully navigate democracy,
the "democracy" was easy to navigate - passport (obviously) to confirm the name/address, this is your ballot (with one candidate, obviously, unanimously supported by the Party and the people), mark here, this is the comments section to let the candidate know your wishes (graphologists would later take care of anybody "anonymously" leaving any comments other than congratulations or specific requests to repair a specific sewer system)
>without influencing their votes or allowing anyone to corrupt the process.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1341504/pdf/bmjcred00251-0003.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1341504/pdf/bmjc...
"It is considered by some governments that if a person does
not agree with the views of the state, his sanity must be called
into question. Extensive documentation exists on the misuse
of psychiatry and psychiatric drugs in the Soviet Union."
>After you see how the sausage is made you'll be amazed that the republic still endures.
All the election officials were given chance to buy a nice high quality sausage ("kolbasa") at official prices. It was the first time i tasted such a nice one ("polukopchenaya") and still remember its taste :)