Presidential Election: A bit of voter fraud

Update: Lets not forget that home voting has yet to be banned. 

Well, here's two stories on voter fraud in Ukraine. One comes from Reuters, which notes that voters have been offering their votes via Internet ads. 


Vadim said he could gather a total of about 10 votes for sale from among his family and friends and the going rate for each was 500 hryvnias. "I have had offers already and I am deciding," he said.


He would not say whether the offers had come from political parties, their agents or individuals.


Sunday's election for president, the fifth since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, takes place amid deep economic gloom in Ukraine where the global recession has hit jobs, family budgets and pockets.

However, this post from  Ukrainiana shows how one party, BYuT, has been soliciting votes for next week.The old fashioned way, offering foodstuff to voters.  The post mentions Chernovetsky doing this in his campaign in 2008. While I got the fun bag, it only had a  fridge magnet, pen, and notepad. 
at Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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