After a day of intensive consultations with opposition parties following the 26 October parliamentary elections, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili held a briefing in which she said she would not recognize the official election results. She thanked all the voters who voted for Georgia’s European future: “There were lots of you, you won in these elections …
  • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    But she said “there were so many violations that it was impossible to detect them all”. She said: “We witnessed something very unusual: this was a total falsification, a total stealing of votes, using all the tricks that can be used to falsify elections, and on top of that – the use of modern technologies to whitewash the elections.

    She said it was unprecedented, adding: “We were witnesses and victims of a Russian special operation, a new type of hybrid warfare waged against our people.>

    • jabathekekEnglish
      433·
      1 month ago

      Good thing that’s not happening in the US.

      • localme@lemm.eeEnglish
        42·
        1 month ago

        Not sure which part you’re referring to, but in regards to stealing an election, I thought this recent video from Howtown to be really interesting! The US has a surprisingly robust election system and I wish more folks understood how it all works.

        “Could I steal the election?” https://youtu.be/oa7tcuE2TP0