• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    WDYM ‘not free and fair’? Citizens could vote for any of the names on the ballot.

    The fact that the ballots only had one name on them isn’t relevant…

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      3 months ago

      They actually had 3 others than Putin but they were only the candidates who would never have a chance.

      • Vladislav Davankov, New People Party
      • Leonid Slutsky (lol), Liberal Democratic Party
      • Nikolay Kharitonov, Communist Party

      Boris Nadezhdin was initially also allowed to run on an anti-war platform for the Civic Initiative party, but was then later disqualified (perhaps he was getting too much support?).