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(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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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

if it was a popular vote, the parties would apply entirely different strategies in elections,

Sure. Strategies would change to appeal to popular opinion rather than focusing forever on maximizing campaign contributions.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

And speeches along the campaign trail would focus on broadly important topics instead of being individually tailored to the concerns of a few key districts that can swing entire states

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Might be nice to revisit that whole "benefits of Open Medicare Enrollment" rather than going a full six months hovering around the Iowa Fair grounds and fixating exclusively on corn and soy futures.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If our democracy ever got that functional, how would we fund our billionaire oligarch daddies?