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Georgia: Voting in absentia

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Georgia, Governance, Politics

Tamada Tales comments on a video posted on an online site [1] of parliamentarians voting for absentee colleagues. The blog notes that while the practice is common elsewhere, it is taken to new levels in Georgia with one parliamentary faction leader even having his vote made by an underling sitting next to him [2].