Russia: Absentee Voters and Election Carousels Alarm Twitterers

Russian Twitterers report numerous ‘election carousels’ (form of vote rigging when people vote several times at different voting stations). Bolshoy Gorod shares a picture ^[1] [ru] of buses that allegedly are transporting ‘carousel voters.’ Echo Moskvy reports ^[2] [ru] 6000 voters illegally added to Strogino voting station. Users share their carousel observations via hashtag #Карусель ^[3]. User Estraniero Estranio, posts a video, how carousel voting looks like ^[4] [ru]. Earlier, numerous voters couldn't receive absentee certificates, documents crucial for ‘carousel voting.’ List of Russian political Twitterers can be found here ^[5] [ru/en].