High voter turnout in Chechen Republic achieved by added ballots

[Aidoneus]

this regarding Putin's "re-election" voting in the currently occupied territory.. of course his "re-election" was a foregone conclusion, and with exception to the occupation of Chechnya and a couple other things not necessarily bad for Russia, but these dirty tricks are notable anyway..

March 14th 2004 · Prague Watchdog / Timur Aliyev
High voter turnout in Chechen Republic achieved by added ballots

Timur Aliyev, North Caucasus - The high turnout at the polls in the Chechen Republic, despite near total voter absence, was due to electoral commission employees casting ballots that they had filled in beforehand. This was privately confirmed by workers at the voting sites.

According to the Central Electoral Commission of the Chechen Republic, by 6:00 that evening, almost 83% of the registered voters in the republic took part in the election of the President of the Russian Federation.

In fact, no more than 200-300 people came to the voting sites on average, which translates into 10-15% of all registered voters, stated the employees of the local election commissions.

According to Ziyavdi Chagayev, vice-chairman of the electoral commission at precinct No. 403, located in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny, the percentage of voters and votes for candidates had been set beforehand. “Two days prior to the election, each local electoral commission chairman received a notice from the territorial electoral commission about how big the voter turnout should be and how many votes each candidate should receive.”

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http://www.watchdog.cz/article.php?action=printview&show=000000-000004-000001-000119&lang=1

[Sugarbleus]

1. There are so many things to watch that I've not

kept up with what's going on in Chechnya. I DID watch a horrible film via "Democracy Now" that showed some aweful sights...especially the children of the war. I don't know what to think about it all but the scenes of a war ravaged country that used to thrive is extremely heart wrenching. I need to do more homework on this issue.

I did see there was a fire near red square at the time of Russia's voting...hmmmm

[bemildred]

2. It's a service to the voting public.

Be glad.