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Russia finds ‘errors’ in paperwork of candidate hoping to stand against Putin
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2024
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A minor correction: His guys brought the max of 105 000 (from 200k+) signatures and the margin of error is set to 5%. Izbirkom spoke about two candidates at that time when they summoned them. Earlier a state official incorrectly stated that the ballot of 5 signatures can't be brought with just one. Also, Izbirkom is said to use LLM to detect fake signatures lmao.
Yet, they can make up everything and has all tools to do so. I'm just curious what would they pick. And a brief wind of hope they wouldn't be able to, just for the sake of legitimization since that guy in the world news.
Yeah let's start with a fact that 105000 signatures limit sucks so bad :D
And 2,5k limit per subject of Russian Federation meaning you need loads of money to collect them in every region or republic. This garden is walled just like a Gulag. It's surprising he got them with all these barriers.
What also makes me wonder is that Putin has a thing for running independent meaning he needs 300k. And there were many photoes of his signing posts remaining vacant. Still, no doubt he'd get there.
Nah I even believe Putin can genuinely get 300.000 signatures. Unlike other candidates, he's already known to everyone in Russia (meaning 0,2% active support is enough), and sure as hell the signatures will be accepted.
What he means is if Putin got 300k signatures there would be much longer lines to sign for Putin than for Nadezhdin. But there wen't any.
There were way more points installed to vote for Putin than for Nadezhdin (the latter literally has one point for entire Saint Petersburg afaik). I've seen people signing for Putin, didn't count the numbers, though.
Won't doubt or argue, since I can't tell your lie from your truth on the internet. My observations were different. But in the end it doesn't matter.
Because Putin has all his state workers and clients to vote. Schools, prisons, psych wards, police, municipal bodies. There's something like 3-5kk of cops, rosgvardia, siloviky. Even if no one would visit public bins, they'd make the bank.
My amusement is caused by his relentless want to run as an independent and get this 300k. I think he has some thing for feeling he's supported by his loyal people and measures the work of his governors by who brings more to the table.
Sure budget workers would be pressed to leave those if there would not be enough, and Putin's gonna get his way anyway.
I think running this way makes his power appear more legitimate to some people, which is why he does this. Just one more minor point in his hold on power that doesn't cost him much.
I wonder if he himself want it.
Appearing legitimate is crucial for any dictator, so why not. Or do you mean if he wants to hold on for power any further? Then he doesn't have much of a choice - either lead or be held responsible for all of the caused atrocities.