Re: 99 % turnout ? Think again...
Amazingly there are people who know how rig elections in far more careful way - for example Lukashenko - the Belorussian dictator - he never got any 99 % anywhere, though all elections remain a joke out there.
In Russia we have a situation of overzealous subordinates trying to impress their bosses. Because governors and local leaders in autonomous regions are appointed by Kremlin (officially or not) it is quite likely to happen, but on the other hand means the control or imagination of the authorities isn't so tight - all those 99 % in caucasian republics and surely elsewhere mean exacly this.
LittleGrizzly
If your going to show off get 100% and then go around critisizing other demcracys for thier apathy.
Last spreing in local elections in Russian Dagestan (Caucasus autonomic region known for violent attacks and corruption - larger than in the rest of Russia) it actually was either 100 % turnout or 100 % support - I don't remember.
Still noone can beat old, good buddy Saddam who scored the whooping 100 % support in a plebicite just before the war in 2003.
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Originally Posted by HoreTore
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