The week-long referendum on a package of constitutional amendments that"reset" Putin's term limits concluded inon Wednesday with a result hailed by the Kremlin as a"triumph." The official tally showed 77.92% of voters backing the amendments and 21.27% against, with a turnout of 65%.
Members of a local election commission walk along a street carrying a portable ballot box during a nationwide vote on amendments to the Russian Constitution on the main day of voting at a polling station in Moscow, July 1, 2020. Shpilkin's analysis of 88 million votes shows many polling stations with above average turnouts returned results favoring the amendments of nearly 100%. The correlation is particularly strong in Russia's most authoritarian regions, such as Chechnya, which reported a turnout of 95%, with over 97% of votes in favor.
Shpilkin has conducted similar analysis for other votes in Russia, including Putin's 2018 presidential election and the 2011 parliamentary elections during which ballot stuffing was so egregious it prompted mass street demonstrations., he wrote that the falsification seen in the referendum"exceeded anything seen before" in recent Russian elections, calling it an"unprecedented situation.
A member of a local electoral commission waits at a polling station in Moscow, June 29, 2020. Election officials opened polls ahead of the official July 1 vote to avoid overcrowding that could spread COVID-19.Before the vote, the Kremlin had portrayed the referendum as largely unrelated to Putin's future, saying the constitution needed to be updated to reflect modern Russian society.
Russia Russia Russia!!!
And realDonaldTrump isn’t taking any notes, or calls from Putin on that huh? You bet he’s strategizing right now on how to use this in November to win. It’s all that racist fuck has. Promoting nationwide racism IS his re-election theme. That’s it. He has nothing else to sell us.
Did I just hear trump say 'Hold my biggly'?
And in other news: no fucking DUH
Shocking !!
Ummm... DUH 🙄!!!
Eating contest monitors allege bear man referendum saw unprecedented ballot fraud.
SHOCKING
This dude is crooked as a roach leg
Putin is testing it before Trump does the same thing in November
He is capable for anything over there & may be he will share his trick with president.
Well... I am shocked, this is very out of character
WE KNEW THAT WOULD HAPPEN !! HOW MANY DID HE JAIL or HAVE KILLED !!!!! /
Donnie trump is probably calling his BFF Vlad Putin seeking sound advise how he can pull this off in the United States. Moscow Mitch, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Martha McSally and Debbie Lesko, teddy Cruz probably cheerleading on the march too. Yelling “ go Donnie go”.
trump is getting pointers from putin.... this might be an avenue trump will follow, we need to be vigilant that this election is not fraudulent and allows trump 4 more years to finish us off
I love this song.
Is Trump calling Vlad today?
Probably where the Democrats got their ideas for this country.. let me guess. No ID and mail in ballets for all.
Socialism at work. Socialism Kills Freedom and the Free!
Is anyone really surprised by this?
We needed the media to tell us that there was fraud in Russian election. They think we must be so stupid
Why those Russians mujiks do care to vote ?
Gross
ABC News doesn't have to go to Russia for ballot fraud; see Kentucky's election where 600k voters in Louisville (Jefferson County) were forced to use one polling location. The DNC approved this move in order to punish Black Senate candidate, Charles Booker.
No shit.
Every Russian in the U.S. I ask about Putin says they love him as a leader. The referendum just says he is 'reset' and eligible to run again in 2024, not automatic. Also, I believe he will likely choose a successor prior to 2036 once he finds the right candidate.
Even if the election should be free and fair, his critics an the western Media will pain him bad and portray him in a bad light. But who cares. This is Putin we are talking about here
the politicians don't want the voters to interfere, I get it ...
Duh.
😂 KremlinRussia_E
No shi£ Sherlock!
There’s a shock.
Mail in votes does that. Ask for voter Id and vote at the ballot box
You can bet the Republican party is taking notes.
ABC news , hahahahaha :)) TRUTH is nothing what ABC knows....
Get away
Trump campaign taking notes...
Brarr: We can´t use the hanging suicide anymore, sir. Drumpf: What about a balcony? Brarr: No, I don´t think so, sir. Drumpf: Wish Maxwell just caught the virus and disappeared, like a miracle... (Distant horse laugh from Kremlin...)
Must have been vote by mail
According to the current situation of the world President Putin more than necessary.
Allege?
No shit!! Putin cheating on an election!? Impossible. Only Trump can do that.
Come si fa a non perdere le elezioni se non ammette oppositori? 😄
Did you people even read the article. There’s a lot to unpack here, it clearly states that even without the alleged fraud it still would’ve had of over 60% approval.
Surprise Surprise
This guy pts the S in snake:;)
Imagine that!
You know it was.
No way...
who is shocked?
When democracy is a religion. 'Oh no, it didn't go our ways! It HAD to have been rigged!'
IKR 👊🏻
Democrats are very interested in how he did it!
Of course.
Huh, and it wasn’t vote by mail either.🤔
Just like Trump
LoserTrump
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