Election

Election
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Elections are a part of the party political system, and a part of the "democratic" system. National elections typically take place every 4-5 years. In many, perhaps most, countries, elections are routinely won by one of just 2-3 large parties.

Fraud

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The Langemann Papers revealed that Le Cercle was active attempting to influence elections in Europe in the 1970s. In 2018, the first Integrity Initiative Leak included a file xCountry.pdf which alphabetically listed the large nation states of Europe, and the US, together with the timing of their next election. Along side most of these countries were a set of people, email address and institutional affiliation. Traditionally, voting systems used paper, and were carried out according to protocols intended to minimize the chance of fraud. In recent years, especially in the US, there has been a push towards more easily defrauded, digital systems.

 

Examples

Page name	Description
2016 London mayoral election	The "big first test" for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party
2017 Frinton by-election	local election in 2017
2021 Canadian federal election	Justin Trudeau's gamble?
2021 German parliamentary election	Possibly the most important German election in decades. Social media ruthlessly deleted charges of election fraud - which probably means there is something to it.
2021 Hartlepool by-election	The Tories win a seat in the post-industrial working class heartland. Labour had held this seat since 1959.
2021 Japanese general election	General election in Japan mid-COVID. Terror attack on polling day. A mandate for vaccine passports?
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election	The first postal voting-only election in Canada. Hampered by COVID-19 , the voting process was not simple. Unsurprisingly, the results couldn't have been better for the governing Liberals.
2021 North Shropshire by-election	By-election in Shropshire.
2022 French presidential election	The presidential election in France was a referendum on Macron.
Next Libyan presidential election	Postponed presidential election in Libya mid-COVID.
UK/2019 European Parliament elections	The elections that ended the Premiership of Theresa May
UK/General election
US/Presidential Election

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
George Carlin	“It's a big club, and you ain't in it. In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.”	George Carlin
George Carlin	“On Election Day, I stay home. Two reasons: first of all, voting is meaningless; this country was bought and paid for a long time ago. That empty shit they shuffle around and repackage every four years doesn't mean a thing. Second, I don't vote, because I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. I know some people like to twist that around and say, "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain." But where's the logic in that? Think it through: If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and you screw things up, then you're responsible for what they've done. You voted them in. You caused the problem. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote—who, in fact, did not even leave the house on Election Day—am in no way responsible for what these politicians have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created. Which I had nothing to do with. Why can't people see that?”	George Carlin
Deep state	“Although elected representatives are supposed to be the ruling power we see them coming and going while the true powers in our lives — political parties, bureaucracies, business corporations, the media, institutions of law and justice, quangos, international treaty agreements, financial systems, regulators etcetera — get on with business.”	Ivo Mosley	2013
Bill Gates	“The closer you get to [government] and see how the sausage is made, the more you go, oh my God! These guys don’t even actually know the budget. . . . The idea that all these people are going to vote and have an opinion about subjects that are increasingly complex — where what seems, you might think . . . the easy answer [is] not the real answer. It’s a very interesting problem. Do democracies faced with these current problems do these things well?”	Bill Gates	2013
Howard Zinn	“Voting is fairly easy and convenient but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.”	Howard Zinn	April 2008

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Brief on Monitoring Moldovan 2019 Elections	Briefing	26 December 2018	Integrity Initiative Artur Gherman?	"As a conclusion, it is absolutely important for foreign missions and observers to start monitoring the Moldovan elections already now, since elections are made long before the voting date!"
Document:Discussion with Artur Gherman re the situation in Moldova, 28 01 2017	Discussion	26 December 2018	Integrity Initiative
Document:The last nail in the coffin of Moldovan democracy?	analysis	26 December 2018	Integrity Initiative

References

• List of elections