MOSCOW: RussiaThe election chief said Monday that voting by mail in the U.S. presidential election paved the way for massive electoral fraud, echoing campaign rhetoric. Donald trump.
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 state news agency TASS.
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 U.S. elections to help Trump get elected, hoping he would take a softer line with Moscow.
Biden is expected to take a tougher stance and during the campaign criticized Trump for having “embraced so many autocrats around the world, starting with (the Russian president). Vladimir Putin“.
Putin is one of the few leaders who has yet to congratulate Biden.
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