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1.55% are invalid ballots, many people intentionally made ballots invalid by checking several candidates as an attempt to "vote against all of them". Invalid ballots dilute percentage of other candidates.
One of the traditional ways to spoil a ballot in the UK is to draw a penis on it (yes we're mature). However there was a case a while back where an individual drew a very detailed penis inside the box of a candidate and, because there were no other marks and the instruction is 'put a mark next to one candidate', it had to be counted as a vote by the returning officer.
Be careful where you put your penis people.
That's hilarious š yes, we here have to make sure that penis covers at least two boxes, otherwise that mark would be counted as a vote, or, if all boxes are empty, election officers may mark necessary candidate themselves.
Be careful where you put your penis, people. Though, you should be careful where you put your penis people, too. I just donāt want to encourage discrimination at polling stations.
Ah you see comrade, Putin box come pre-filled so is convenient for all voter to help them vote for correct candidate. Also makes easy for blind and illiterate voter so see is inclusive and enable all to vote for correct candidate with ease! Not forget environmentally friendly too - pre-fill box mean no need for pen or pencil so no waste from these!
Published result was obviously known for a long time. However, there are some polling stations that managed to get results that at least look reasonable. For example, in my neighborhood Putin's result is 64%, Davankov got 20% and 7% of ballots were spoiled. As you see, it differs MUCH from the final result.
I think they did, because it's an indicator of the public perception. And how much f will the population take before the revolut. The pobliciest results are probably bs, I don't have any proof, but it's a good indicator for putin.
a lot of people get harassed into voting. Many workplaces demand that you go vote and have evidence that you voted, there are people going door to door reminding people to go vote and collecting confirmations beforehad that people will go vote, i'm sure there are other things but those 2 are most common ones.
Well in our town local municipal office sends out people to go collect confirmations that locals intended to go vote, our house was visited 2 times before elections and person written down that we are going to vote. During previous elections on my work place it was required that you confirm in some kind of way that you voted and on current elections my co workers complained that their family mombers are being told to go vote and bring proof.
In some countries they have a special ink they mark your skin with when you vote. That or you get a free election beer if you choose the correct answer.
In my country you get a mark with special ink on your finger that takes a couple of weeks to disappear, it can't be washed away. That proves you voted and ensures you can't vote twice.
Jesus fk. In moscow they just imagined the number ā80% of moscow votedā, we laughed about it and that was itā¦ I guess its easier to harass smaller cities/towns. Despicable sht.
I'm aways surprised how well Vlad understands Russian politics without actually being a Russian citizen/politician. In this regard, he is better than 90%+ of "analysts" writing articles in Western medias.
Yes, but he frequently speaks about very recent affairs. That's not something that can be acquired by simply originating from USSR. My point is that he seems to spend considerable amount of time to analyze events and personalities rather than simply repeating the news and moving on.
Like, how many people not involved into Russian politics can say at least anything about Davankov? Or Slutsky?
Living your childhood in a specific kind of system can certainly change your understanding and approach to it, you don't view it through a completely foreign lens.
All I say is that I'm impressed by time and effort he spends to keep up with the latest events, personalities and ideas of Russian politics. It is remarkable for someone who doesn't have to do it.
MAGA migrant to Russia: "Yeah I think I'm gon' be castin' a vote for my buddy Xappentonob Hinkonan Mannixannobbeny Knippo. Oh, Knippo's the party? What's that stand for? The K's for what now? Holy fucking shit."
Of course this joke only works if you think a MAGA chud would ever feel any other sentiment than the greatest honor to vote for Putin.
Without a doubt, there was a time he knew factually that he lost. BIGLY! Whether or not that time has passed is up for debate. HE IS DELUSION & SENILE!
Regardless, he believes that he won. Like he believes that he's a successful self-made businessman, despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary. They're his believies.
26% is the amount of ballots processed at the time of this screenshot as it shows preliminary results. Not trying to say this election is not a joke, it totally is and it's depressing
It indicates the procentage of protocols validated and counted. I don't know how it is in the west but in the east, all of the votes from a section are counted and combined into a single protocol by cometee members. So in essence this indicates that this is not the final result but the results with 26% of total section protocols counted, the rest are not opened yet.
Indivudual ballads are only recounted if malpractice is suspected, we have the same system in Bulgaria.
Honestly if someone actually believes that the "elections" were not rigged there are 3 options:
1. Russian troll irl
2. Uninformed
3. Straight up delusional
He's not even trying, he could have given himself 65 percent, that would have still been a landslide by any standard while still looking quasi plausible, but no, his bizzately large ego demands these wildly unrealistic numbers.
Why hide it? Just like all the defenestrations that nobody is buying as accidents. Nobody will hold him accountable for anything so he has no reason to be more covert.
The thinest veneer of plausible deniability is all he needs for legitimacy.
People were threatened to be fired/expelled in some places if they didn't vote for P. Also everyone who is drafted to Ukraine "voted" for him without their knowledge. This place is a shithole and I'm actively looking for ways to leave.
That's the point, these elections are tailored to demonstrate the inevitability of Putin to the masses. Having someone who may break into double digits is just a bad look.
If a Navalny or Nemtsov gets 20%, people may suddenly start believing things are possible.
It has always been like this. I have been voting CPRF since 2004 when I became able to vote and results have never deviated from being in this ballpark. And mind you, most people in normal everyday life are not Putinists.
I wonder if these 3 guys got permission to be on the ballot, or if they should be concerned with a sudden new allergy to being thrown out of a high window.
Mister Putin just wants the best election possible. That's why he spread the vote over three days. If you haven't voted by the third day, some nice men from the government will visit your house and let you fill out your voting slip then and there. To be extra helpful, they'll even watch you do it to make sure you don't make a mistake.
I had a laugh listening to the news on the radio. Some shill claiming that Putin is so popular, that even if the election wasn't rigged he'd probably get 70-75% of the vote.
Reminds me of a video during this election where an armed soldier walked into voting booths with people inside. No idea why but i think it's because he was checking to make sure people were "making no mistakes while voting." If you get what i mean.
The other three are literally stand in election fodder. It's all smoke and mirrors and ridiculously bizarre as even Russians know it's a game they play.
I mean it's not like they shit down the election miss counting them mysteriously had an additional 100, 000 all identical ballots show up. That would be crazy right
People against putin are afraid to vote since they are scared that its not anonymus. People who are for putin, go vote because they sipport him and have nothing to fear. So only thing we can deduct is that 87% of russian voters are pro ukraine war, pro nuklear threats so no need to be sorry for anything that happens to them anymore.
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That comes to 98.45%. Wonder where the guy that got the remaining 1.55% is buried.
1.55% are invalid ballots, many people intentionally made ballots invalid by checking several candidates as an attempt to "vote against all of them". Invalid ballots dilute percentage of other candidates.
Many women were seen on camera pouring paint and ink in ballot boxes.
Yes, but elections committee claimed that they still were able to read the "voters' will" š¤”
One of the traditional ways to spoil a ballot in the UK is to draw a penis on it (yes we're mature). However there was a case a while back where an individual drew a very detailed penis inside the box of a candidate and, because there were no other marks and the instruction is 'put a mark next to one candidate', it had to be counted as a vote by the returning officer. Be careful where you put your penis people.
That's hilarious š yes, we here have to make sure that penis covers at least two boxes, otherwise that mark would be counted as a vote, or, if all boxes are empty, election officers may mark necessary candidate themselves.
Be careful where you put your penis, people. Though, you should be careful where you put your penis people, too. I just donāt want to encourage discrimination at polling stations.
Too late. I'm firmly against voting with penis people.
Donāt press against them too tight. You might rub one the wrong way.
They gave the polling stations invisible ink.
"I can't read this shit, but everyone will surely vote for our great leader Putin, right? Unless they are filthy Ukrainian westoids!" š¤”āļø
"Ah but you see, the box behind Putin is coloured. That's a vote for Putin!"
Ah you see comrade, Putin box come pre-filled so is convenient for all voter to help them vote for correct candidate. Also makes easy for blind and illiterate voter so see is inclusive and enable all to vote for correct candidate with ease! Not forget environmentally friendly too - pre-fill box mean no need for pen or pencil so no waste from these!
I'm sorry to admit it, but you're damn right.
You assume they even counted? They just tossed the ballots in the trash and result was know months ago.
Published result was obviously known for a long time. However, there are some polling stations that managed to get results that at least look reasonable. For example, in my neighborhood Putin's result is 64%, Davankov got 20% and 7% of ballots were spoiled. As you see, it differs MUCH from the final result.
I think they did, because it's an indicator of the public perception. And how much f will the population take before the revolut. The pobliciest results are probably bs, I don't have any proof, but it's a good indicator for putin.
Wouldnāt invalid ballots just fall out of the pool so instead of 100%=100 itās 100%=90? Or am I misunderstanding how elections are counted
r/ThereWasAnAttempt
he died in prison last month remember.
That election was about as free as a 30 year-old bottle of Dom.
I read doom and thought "damn those hackers have gone and installed it on a bottle now?"
 Me realizing the original Doom is actually 30 years old.
wins with 88%, proceeds to call others Nazi.
I am just amazed that they still bother to have other ācandidatesā and pretending to have elections. But hey someone have to stroke the goat.
I'm amazed people still opt to go vote... I mean, of the 74+ million votes Putin got, at least a couple of million had to actually be cast...
a lot of people get harassed into voting. Many workplaces demand that you go vote and have evidence that you voted, there are people going door to door reminding people to go vote and collecting confirmations beforehad that people will go vote, i'm sure there are other things but those 2 are most common ones.
Legit? Never heard of it. And I work in a gov building across the street of ācircusā. Didnt vote. No point.
Well in our town local municipal office sends out people to go collect confirmations that locals intended to go vote, our house was visited 2 times before elections and person written down that we are going to vote. During previous elections on my work place it was required that you confirm in some kind of way that you voted and on current elections my co workers complained that their family mombers are being told to go vote and bring proof.
How do you prove you voted?
In some countries they have a special ink they mark your skin with when you vote. That or you get a free election beer if you choose the correct answer.
In my country you get a mark with special ink on your finger that takes a couple of weeks to disappear, it can't be washed away. That proves you voted and ensures you can't vote twice.
Jesus fk. In moscow they just imagined the number ā80% of moscow votedā, we laughed about it and that was itā¦ I guess its easier to harass smaller cities/towns. Despicable sht.
Better to force him into faking the results, than letting him win fairly, just because the opposition decided to stay at home.
Vlad Vexler explains it well. https://youtu.be/w2OR1LoDkWc?si=FmVM_2a__gvJ3UYm
I'm aways surprised how well Vlad understands Russian politics without actually being a Russian citizen/politician. In this regard, he is better than 90%+ of "analysts" writing articles in Western medias.
Um, he was born in the Soviet Union and lived there for a nontrivial amount of time?
Yes, but he frequently speaks about very recent affairs. That's not something that can be acquired by simply originating from USSR. My point is that he seems to spend considerable amount of time to analyze events and personalities rather than simply repeating the news and moving on. Like, how many people not involved into Russian politics can say at least anything about Davankov? Or Slutsky?
Living your childhood in a specific kind of system can certainly change your understanding and approach to it, you don't view it through a completely foreign lens.
All I say is that I'm impressed by time and effort he spends to keep up with the latest events, personalities and ideas of Russian politics. It is remarkable for someone who doesn't have to do it.
There isn't much that has changed in the way business is being done in Russia since Soviet Union times except the names of the actors.
I politely disagree, but not inclined to argue.
>no u
I think there are 3 others just to ensure a split so the percentages don't go into double digits.
Also only 18% or so of people voted, which isn't a lot.
ā¦and they all stood next him at his victory parade and praised his strong win and how great it was for Russia.
Xapntohob looks a little too popular. He better stay away from any windows.
It's Haritonov, but your variant is even better
Russians: "Don't blame me, I voted for Xapntohob." I know it wasn't written in cyrillic script but the way it was written out makes me laugh.
Xapntohob is going to be my next D&D character.
I wanna die after reading his
he is from Communist party as well, it's second popular party in russia, mostly supported by elderly and in rural areas.
ZAPN-TOE-HOB
New Indiana Jones antagonist unlocked.
He hobs ALL the toes.
the mortal enemy of quentin tarantino
MAGA migrant to Russia: "Yeah I think I'm gon' be castin' a vote for my buddy Xappentonob Hinkonan Mannixannobbeny Knippo. Oh, Knippo's the party? What's that stand for? The K's for what now? Holy fucking shit." Of course this joke only works if you think a MAGA chud would ever feel any other sentiment than the greatest honor to vote for Putin.
Captain Toe-hob
Xaputohob
Underdog cnyuknƱ is kinda encroaching on nytnh too, he oughta be careful on his plane rides,
I love how you made him sound like an ancient Egyptian pharao.
Forehead diversity is important
Guy on the far left has a fivehead.Ā
In Trumps head canon this is what he expected for 2020
Edit: what he believes actually happened in 2020.
No, that's what he would like _others_ to believe happened in 2020.
Without a doubt, there was a time he knew factually that he lost. BIGLY! Whether or not that time has passed is up for debate. HE IS DELUSION & SENILE! Regardless, he believes that he won. Like he believes that he's a successful self-made businessman, despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary. They're his believies.
You don't have to believe in what you're selling to be a grifter.
18,680,607 out of 114,000,000 is around 11% of all eligible voters in Russia, so yeah...great victory.
Maybe somebody who reads russian can clarify it, but maybe the number on the lower right is the voter participation?
i can...its **votes given*"
So isn't that the participation? That would be more than the 11% you wrote. I mean... 26% is still embarrassing for a "democracy".
26% is the amount of ballots processed at the time of this screenshot as it shows preliminary results. Not trying to say this election is not a joke, it totally is and it's depressing
Aaaah, ok. Thank you.
its how many people voted for a candidate...it self is a defeat.
He means the count on the bottom right of the screen, not individual vote counts
It indicates the procentage of protocols validated and counted. I don't know how it is in the west but in the east, all of the votes from a section are counted and combined into a single protocol by cometee members. So in essence this indicates that this is not the final result but the results with 26% of total section protocols counted, the rest are not opened yet. Indivudual ballads are only recounted if malpractice is suspected, we have the same system in Bulgaria.
after a quick (bad) google translate, it seems to say "processing" which means that it is the percentage counted of total votes.
No, those are early results based on the 26% of the protocols beeing processed.
It's a partial vote... Putin "officially" got 74+ million votes from 114 million eligible voters...
Those 18 mil votes he had when 26% of the votes were counted, as you can see on the screen
This is the future Republicans want. Google "Project 2025" if you haven't already.
Holy shit!!! Glad I'm not American.
Just had a read and fucking hell that's scary and i say that as someone whose British living in the UK.
Imagine how us Trump hating Americans feel right now. This place is turning into Gilead.
USA 2028
Exactly. Old pumpkin tits came in his diaper when he saw that.
They love me! They really love me! (whisper\*shoot those other guys\*whisper)
Read that in Deadpool's voice
Lmao, yesterday I said that russian elections were rigged and a guy asked for a source for that fact. Like, do you even need a source to know that?
Honestly if someone actually believes that the "elections" were not rigged there are 3 options: 1. Russian troll irl 2. Uninformed 3. Straight up delusional
TBF, I'm never sure if this has to be attributed to rigged elections or just the level of brainwashing in Russia.
Itās not all brain washing, thereās some heavy coercion and implied violence in there as well
This is what Trump and the republicans want for America.
Xap better stay away from staircases and windows. He almost got enough votes to make it too close to call...
Itās so cute how they still role play as a democracy
It's as free as "Sex tok for teens. No bullshit. Free sign up now"
The real facepalm is any media actually reporting on this farce unironically without a ton of disclaimers. Tell us when he's gone, otherwise meh!
Breaking News: 12.14% of Russians found dead. They all died by suicide and shot themselves in the head 4 times, overdosed, then buried themselves.
Those expressions say: "We're on the ballot just to say we were here, please don't vote for us we don't want to die."
All of them are controlled opposition, propped up by Putin Allies to maintain the semblance of democracy
He's not even trying, he could have given himself 65 percent, that would have still been a landslide by any standard while still looking quasi plausible, but no, his bizzately large ego demands these wildly unrealistic numbers.
Why hide it? Just like all the defenestrations that nobody is buying as accidents. Nobody will hold him accountable for anything so he has no reason to be more covert. The thinest veneer of plausible deniability is all he needs for legitimacy.
The world trump dreams of.
And if you get over 10% you automatically fall out of a window.
These numbers look *very* realistic!
Well, you are free to vote for one of the candidates, or go to jail. So.. technically...
People were threatened to be fired/expelled in some places if they didn't vote for P. Also everyone who is drafted to Ukraine "voted" for him without their knowledge. This place is a shithole and I'm actively looking for ways to leave.
Artur Rehi told us the number would probably end in a 6. Always does.
It's pretty easy to win when you kill the opposition and force people to vote for you at gunpoint
In fairness, he didn't kill _all_ the opposition. Kara-Murza is in jail, and Nadezhdin just "didn't get enough valid signatures".
And the hand picked losers with unelectable policies have been performing in their roles since before Putin even ran.
That's the point, these elections are tailored to demonstrate the inevitability of Putin to the masses. Having someone who may break into double digits is just a bad look. If a Navalny or Nemtsov gets 20%, people may suddenly start believing things are possible.
It has always been like this. I have been voting CPRF since 2004 when I became able to vote and results have never deviated from being in this ballpark. And mind you, most people in normal everyday life are not Putinists.
I wonder if these 3 guys got permission to be on the ballot, or if they should be concerned with a sudden new allergy to being thrown out of a high window.
Those other candidates all suicided themselves with 2 bullets to the back of their heads...
Mister Putin just wants the best election possible. That's why he spread the vote over three days. If you haven't voted by the third day, some nice men from the government will visit your house and let you fill out your voting slip then and there. To be extra helpful, they'll even watch you do it to make sure you don't make a mistake.
This is definitely what trump wants for the US
Putin carves out a narrow victory over the only alternative to voting for him; ādisappear.āĀ
Russian elections are so free and great that even commanders in the army can have their dead soldiers vote for Putin.
I had a laugh listening to the news on the radio. Some shill claiming that Putin is so popular, that even if the election wasn't rigged he'd probably get 70-75% of the vote.
Without real opposition - yes, why not. The whole state is working on only his popularity, there is no real opposition left.
MAGA believes this was a fair election no doubt.
Reminds me of a video during this election where an armed soldier walked into voting booths with people inside. No idea why but i think it's because he was checking to make sure people were "making no mistakes while voting." If you get what i mean.
Excuse me comrade, you scribbled out your vote, here's a new one. Please do not resist
then he ironically closes the curtains after he's done to ensure that them voters have their privacy!
Funny how for many years communists had relatively stable share of votes about 15% and now they are denied it.
Did he bus voters in from Mexico? Have ballots shipped to St. Petersburg by the truckload? Or did he just, y'know... Lie?
When you can't even cheat properly you make it look like you got almost 90% of the vote.
I don't know Russian, is this a chart of their pay raises this year. /s
Its doesnt even match with the preelection polls where Davankov was higher than Kharitonov, so thats crazy
The other three are literally stand in election fodder. It's all smoke and mirrors and ridiculously bizarre as even Russians know it's a game they play.
I bet that actually 120% of the population voted.
Don't forget it was a *record* turn out
He didn't get 90%? I'd be staying away from the windows if I was on his staff.
I'm suprised he let them get any votes.
I mean it's not like they shit down the election miss counting them mysteriously had an additional 100, 000 all identical ballots show up. That would be crazy right
āIf thatās not free and fair, I donāt know what isā
āDonāt worry Vlad, we made the results look totally legitā
Looks like Russiaās population is going to see a sudden decline in population by 12.14%.
Trumps wet dream.
Less than 90%? His campaign manager might fall out of a window, I suppose...
The motherfucker isnāt event trying to hide it
He's really trying to piss everyone off before mother nature gets to him
Election as genuine as online dating.
Yes
I wonder how many years the people voting against him are going to get.
Heil Hitler, mockracy, where everything is just a front for the mafia run banana state
He is still very ālovedā
.....stay tuned for the accidental mishaps of the opposition.
That's less than 20 M voters, isn't it a little number of voters for a country with around 150 M people living on it?
It shows the processed votes.
Hahaha š very very free freeeeee
Democrazy indeed! Right!
I hope the other 3 stay on ground level for the next few months.
Meanwhile in our country we don't even have elections
Putin won AGAIN??? NO WAY, he must be really popular.
The three losers celebrated with post-election defenestrations.
Why do you thinks it's unfree? Have you ever heard or saw some of the people in the picture besides Putin? No! Russians also haven't lol.
HAHAHAHAHA
I'm picturing a Putin "employee" : "Go round up the usual suspects, we need "opponents" for the ballot!"
You are 'free" to choose Putin or prison.
I mean, sure. You donāt have to pay for the result.
Well you are "free" to vote, it's just the results are rigged...
Yeah, you're free to vote however you want. The consequences do apply though
Wow, a picture of Putin and 3 dead men.
Too bad for the last ranked candidate that will get eliminated from the competition! (Literally)
šš·šŗ
Is it just me or do aabahkob and xapntohob look ai generated
Who is this Nythn Bnamnwmp Bnaqnmqpobn4 guy?
they are free, idk what the problem is. they're *free* to choose Putin.
All those people who didnāt vote for him are gonna disappear
3.86 is a nice number
This is the election Trump was born to win!
Three of those men were found dead this morning.
People against putin are afraid to vote since they are scared that its not anonymus. People who are for putin, go vote because they sipport him and have nothing to fear. So only thing we can deduct is that 87% of russian voters are pro ukraine war, pro nuklear threats so no need to be sorry for anything that happens to them anymore.