Today, the party of crooks and thieves—also known as United Russia—is holding its primaries. Here, for example, is how they are being conducted in Moscow’s Northern District, where the prefecture is securing victory for Irina Belykh, secretary of United Russia’s Moscow branch.
What a sight. And a wonderful training exercise for election commissions—after all, United Russia’s primaries are being held in the same schools where the regular polling stations will be located.
If you’re about to cry out, “What about the Central Election Commission? File a complaint with Pamfilova immediately!”, let me remind you that the Central Election Commission fully backed holding United Russia’s primaries in schools, allowing both the use of polling places and the involvement of election commission members.
Looking at this, there can be no doubt about Irina Belykh’s prospects of being elected to the State Duma.
I’m also very fond of the methods used to herd voters to the polling stations. For example, at our school in Maryino, children’s performances have been organized. The students perform all day long, and parents, naturally, come to watch, film them, and be moved. And while they’re at it, maybe some of them will vote too.
Otherwise, who in their right mind would drag themselves to a school on a Sunday to support TV host Pyotr Tolstoy, running from United Russia in our district?
And in your neighborhood, how are voters being herded into United Russia’s primaries?