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This is pretty indefensible and indicates the results of this 'election' are likely fixed.
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
This is pretty indefensible and indicates the results of this 'election' are likely fixed.
- throwaway2203 3y agoIt is known that they are, given the main opposition party's leader is jailed and they're not allowed to campaign.
- vundercind 3y agoWhy does it indicate that? Every election in every country took place without Internet or (meaningful amounts of) cell phone service not that long ago.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoBecause in modern day the only reason to take that action is to manipulate votes.
- stainablesteel 3y agoi'm trying to understand how or why you would manipulate votes like this call me crazy but i think mass-scale communication is a better way to manipulate votes, it allows people far away from each other to coordinate their numbers but if you cut off their coordination mechanism they can't exchange information, and perhaps they might fear pushing out fake numbers in case the numbers of them plus a few others look strange. the best defense would be honesty
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoIf people are going to vote a certain way out of fear or due to having been misled, cutting off communication is a safeguard against those people caning their minds or being convinced by facts. Just for one example.
- stainablesteel 3y agoi guess if they're making up their mind at the last minute
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoLooking at least at the US elections, I think there are plenty of people that do. Look at the whole Hillary's e-mails thing for example.
- jstarfish 3y agoYou don't need access to a phone to vote for whoever you were going to vote for anyway. If you're making your choice based on breaking news on election day, you're the one being manipulated.