Just to make a few simple points about the referendum:
1.) They didn't have any lists with voters on it. They simply wrote down who voted - well, on a piece of paper with a pen, not some fancy network.
2.) There are several videos showing people doing 3-4 votes as one person. Nobody told them to stop. They just shove the paper in the see-through(!) voting box, just a few more than just 1 for good measure.
3.) Huge areas with population were without even one box. Where "normally" and before were 100 voting stations, there were 10.
4.) Representative pre-vote casts showed 70% (sometimes more, sometimes less) for a united Ukraine - now it's even close to 90% against it.
The first 3 are fixed. No use for a discussion. They are "THE THRUTH". No point in denying or discussing them really.
But yea, totally worth the time and effort, this referendum. It's basically build on the foundations of the basic principles of democracy. Good job, awesome...
Don't get me started on missing observers and people with AKs "guarding" the voting stations...
Looks like scare factor of gunfire doesn't work on these people.
Thin line between bold and stupid.
Tbh, sometimes I think that in those situations it's pure Darwin working his magic. How stupid or more likely drunk do you have to be, to grab and hold some "soldier" at his weapon?
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