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Bugmaster comments on [SEQ RERUN] Stop Voting For Nincompoops - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Bugmaster 12 December 2011 10:57:49AM 1 point [-]

As far as I understand, the ruling party got what it wanted: 53% (or something like that) of Parliament seats, which gives it a controlling interest in Russian politics. It got what it wanted by using a proven, time-honored tactic called "voting fraud".

We can probably learn some sort of a lesson from Russian politics, but "your vote counts as long as you cast it wisely" is not it.