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submitted 7 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting.

"In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting ... they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that's it," Putin said, without providing evidence.

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[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Inequitable is different than rigged.

[-] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 months ago

Ok, fair enough.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Okay, but when you factor gerrymandering of districts into the concept of the EC, now you have a rigged election.

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I will grant that it is different. But is it meaningfully different? Either way, the people are not represented.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

IMO the difference is it happening in the open. Rigged is too conflated with fraud so I don't like using the same word as it doesn't clearly capture the difference.

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Fair enough. I'll never argue against being specific and accurate!

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