Redditards cheer as Ukraine assassinates CBRN general Igor Kirillov in Moscow
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Yes. The government often puts pressure on employers to encourage, pressure or force employees to vote: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/09/08/russians-say-they-are-being-forced-to-vote-in-elections-this-time-online-a74999
(I don't know anything about this specific article, but it mirrors something I've seen a lot.)
Now why would that be?
If they held an election and no one voted, their victory would have no legitimacy - even if they used ballot-stuffing to give themselves 80% of the vote. That's what I've been telling Trump supporters who over the past few years argued that "they'll steal it anyway". Stealing elections is not without costs.
Did you even read your own fucking article? Oh, Russians can e-vote now, so the Russian establishment can just rejigger the votes from the comfort of their own homes, instead of bussing people around or truck pallets of ballots at 4 AM. Much legitimacy, very secure, wow.
I know you're a recovering leftist and you're programmed to perform Destiny-style source-gotchas, but do better.
So they care about turnout? Thank you, that was my point.
Please, compare me to whoever you want. Mao, Hitler, Stalin. But not Density.
You asked for a source. I thought you were doing a gotcha. But the fact that governments care about turnout and election results is something that's not really in dispute.
I accept your concession, despite your tangential, bad-faith gotcha about "legitimacy."
Insomuch as to create plausible deniability of the results. The votes themselves don't mean a damn; they can always change it to whatever they like. The fact that Russian citizens don't have the option to abstain and are forced to participate in a humiliation ritual doesn't change that.
To quote u/GamingTheSystem-01, which sparked this asinine "discussion":
They, the Russian citizens, won't do shit. That's what they'll do. Russian citizens won't vote their way out of this. Is that autistic enough detail enough for you?
Again, do better.