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Its not the government doing it. Its the constitutional court on the basis of some kind of evidence. That's how its supposed to work. It would be way more dangerous to let other states meddle in your elections. If the results was true the first time around it'll be the same next time. So in many ways there is no good reason to not have a redo if there is anykind of evidence of foul play.

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I think it's the "some kind of evidence" that's the important part.

The court is the government.

> If the results was true the first time around it'll be the same next time.

Not necessarily. Given that the opposition party now knows what the people seem to want, they can do all sorts of things, especially given the knowledge that the court will strike it down should the election not go in their favor.

>Not necessarily. Given that the opposition party now knows what the people seem to want, they can do all sorts of things, especially given the knowledge that the court will strike it down should the election not go in their favor.

Like what? they will make the opponents praise Putin and make China and Ruzzia send them funds to cancel the election again?

A country is actually allowed to vote for a pro-Putin politician.

You may not like it, but that's not what this is about.

Also, it's actually okay to be against democracy. You should just say it instead of dancing around it though.

People are simply lacking in empathy. Imagine you living so close to a proxy war. Imagine you have children. Which way would you vote?

The right wing party literally made TikTok’s that the governing part(ies?) didn’t like, but which apparently resonated with the people they labelled them as misinformation. Have you heard that one before?

What do you mean by "the" right wing party? Romania has several right wing parties, none of which supported Georgescu. He ran as an independent.

Looking like that was the correct choice.

Under your theory, could the Supreme Court have canceled the 2016 election result because of Russian interference?

What does the US constitution say about the court's role in elections? What does the Romanian constitution say?

(Though to be honest they could still make whatever ruling they want in the US. It's probably cause chaos as people try to figure out if they're bound by it.)

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