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They just crossed the line. Very tight race in the end.

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yeah, given what polls were saying this is shockingly close (65% yes iirc). Russian money down the toilet though so that's something.

BBC saying it'll swing further "yes" from votes yet to be counted thankfully:

Moldovan media said many of the votes yet to be counted had been cast abroad and would likely lean towards Yes, as the Moldovan diaspora is broadly in favour of closer ties with the EU.

[–] 0x815 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Interesting BBC article. At the end, it says:

A BBC producer [at a polling station] heard a woman who had just dropped her ballot in the transparent box ask an election monitor where she would get paid.

Outside, we asked directly whether she had been offered cash to vote and she admitted it without qualms. She was angry that a man who had sent her to the polling station was no longer answering her calls. β€œHe tricked me!” she said.

She would not reply when asked who she had voted for.

Addition: BBC finds evidence of vote-buying in Moldova [video, 1 min.]

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

β€œHe tricked me!” she said.

She would not reply when asked who she had voted for.

I think we know.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Kremlin tricking people onto voting against their own interests, shocking!

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When the Kremlin wants people to vote, this never means anything good.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Other than Brexit, they're usually encouraging people to vote against their own ability to vote.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago

Stupid enough to not even take the money beforehand. Amazing. But exactly the type of people one needs to target for this.

[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago

Buying 300k votes can really swing an election. Honestly, it’s a miracle that it passed with the rampant fraud