Well, we've now been invited to participate in the election of our new president - this little note arrived on the doorstep, saying where we could go to vote and what to do should we be too infirm to go anywhere.
Date - March 2, 2008.
Might mosey on over to the polling station on the day and give you a run down on what I saw. Naturally, at the moment, my Min and all departments are in a tizz getting ready and doing the last few days campaigning, which I've pretty well stayed out of.
I'm seeing him at 13:00 today, I'll ask how it's all going and report back to you later.
You can say what you like but the process in the last two elections [and there's no reason why not in this one] was quite stable and ordered, which in the light of Russian history is a blessing.
I went over to the polling station last time and it was just like a British election, except that names and photos of candidates were up on a huge chart and there were no canvassers outside.
You'd go in and read their blurbs why you should vote for them, you went in and voted in a curtained booth and put the paper into a letter box opening in the ballot box, away from the registration tables.
Security guards stood by the main entrance to the school chatting to each other, bored.
Date - March 2, 2008.
Might mosey on over to the polling station on the day and give you a run down on what I saw. Naturally, at the moment, my Min and all departments are in a tizz getting ready and doing the last few days campaigning, which I've pretty well stayed out of.
I'm seeing him at 13:00 today, I'll ask how it's all going and report back to you later.
You can say what you like but the process in the last two elections [and there's no reason why not in this one] was quite stable and ordered, which in the light of Russian history is a blessing.
I went over to the polling station last time and it was just like a British election, except that names and photos of candidates were up on a huge chart and there were no canvassers outside.
You'd go in and read their blurbs why you should vote for them, you went in and voted in a curtained booth and put the paper into a letter box opening in the ballot box, away from the registration tables.
Security guards stood by the main entrance to the school chatting to each other, bored.
James, why do they have security guards by the entrance for a "democratic" election?
ReplyDeleteTo prevent any nasties trying to make it undemocratic. :)
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ReplyDeleteDon't go! It's a scam. First thye lull you with a couple of real elections and then they KILL you!
Vote by proxy! :)
Or vote twice by post. Seems to work well over here.
ReplyDeleteBut Putin is a monster who has coerced the Russian people to vote for him. That's what the BBC/Guardian tell me every night - so it must be true...
ReplyDeleteNo James? Hmm....seems he ignored my advice and went a-voting!
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