"In places where #VoteBuying exist, it undermines the #legitimacy of the people who may be elected into #PoliticalOffice (..) since #elections are tools for #accountability and #GoodGovernance."
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ote-buying-in-Africa_fig1_259992513
Elon #Musk brought sooo much innovation from #Africa to the #Democray of the #UnitedStates of #America.
'The capacity to critique and challenge the actions of nation states remains a core tenet of socially engaged scholarship across a range of disciplines'.
– An open letter on academic freedom, in solidarity with Randa Abdel-Fattah
#Academia #Israel #Palestine #Democray #University #Research #AcademicFreedom @academicchatter
"If a social media campaign to promote a candidate constitutes illegitimate meddling, what about a traditional media campaign? ... rerun every British election because most newspapers blatantly favour the Conservative Party? ... denying the legitimacy of people’s votes because you believe they have been listening to the wrong voices ... hands power over election results to unelected courts and security services: ... now happening in Romania"
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/romanias-annulled-election-sets-dangerous-precedent-europe
#democray #socialmedia
Extremely important and can’t be stressed enough: The importance of #dataprotection for #democray, Minister Morel
Trump demanded that people "find more votes". He time and time and time again every year since the election has said that it was stolen and that the next one will be too. His people shouted "stop the count" in the streets. He's constantly praised dictators and said he wants to be one.
If he takes power again he will deliver. There will be no more elections. Ever.
Walz was too weak on this question. The same where the moderators.
