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Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia’s electoral commission, said she had carefully studied voting by mail in the United States and found the process vulnerable to fraud.
FILE: Head of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova. Image: AFP
MOSCOW – Russia’s chief of elections said Monday that voting by mail in the US presidential election paved the way for massive electoral fraud, echoing the rhetoric of Donald Trump’s campaign.
Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia’s electoral commission, said she had carefully studied voting by mail in the United States and found the process vulnerable to fraud.
“For me, the conclusion is clear: this anachronism in its American form leaves a wide margin for possible forgeries,” Pamfilova told the tun TASS state news agency.
He cited the possibility of a repeat vote, the inexplicable loss of “unwanted” ballots, voting among people listed as deceased and a “lack of systemic control over the entire voting process.”
Trump has refused to concede defeat to US President-elect Joe Biden and tried to cast doubt on the election results, without providing evidence.
Trump, in particular, focused his criticism on mail-in ballots that rose this year and leaned heavily toward Democrats.
Russia was accused of interfering in the 2016 US elections to help Trump get elected, in hopes that he will take a softer line with Moscow.
Biden is expected to take a tougher stance, criticizing Trump during the campaign for having “embraced so many autocrats around the world, starting with (Russian President) Vladimir Putin.”
Putin is one of the few leaders who has yet to congratulate Biden.
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