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Austrian Presidential Election to Take Place Again

“Austria's highest court hasannulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidateof the far-right Freedom Party.
The party hadchallenged the result, saying that postal votes had been illegally andimproperly handled.
The FreedomParty candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost the election to the former leader of theGreens, Alexander Van der Bellen, by just 30,863 votes or less than onepercentage point.
The electionwill now be re-run”.

Well well well, the leftists have struck again, having to cheat to get theirguy elected.

There is a good reason why they are known as the fascist left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36681475

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Reply 1

username2228735

This makes me very happy indeed.

Reply 2

Asolare

Im gonna laugh my ass off if the left wing candidte wins again. Can just imagine the outcry from right wingers.

Reply 3

username2228735

Original post by Inexorably

Im gonna laugh my ass off if the left wing candidte wins again. Can just imagine the outcry from right wingers.

I doubt many will complain if there is evidence the election was fair; there are signs this time it was rigged.

Reply 4

ATW1

There was video evidence of the votes for the far-right candidate being rubbed out and changed.

Reply 5

The_Opinion

Come on Austria! Vote for Hofer, save yourselves from EU tyranny like we have.

Reply 6

username2313507

Is it just a rerun of Hofer vs the Green guy or are they allowing the two centrist parties back in?

Reply 7

The_Opinion

Original post by TelAviv

Is it just a rerun of Hofer vs the Green guy or are they allowing the two centrist parties back in?

Just Hofer vs the Green guy.

Reply 8

KingBradly

Seems fair.

It's sad when people feel they have to vote for far-right parties just to feel safe, but nonetheless I acknowledge it may be beneficial in some respects if he gets in, although it is perhaps already a bit late.

Reply 9

L i b

Putting aside the terrifying nature of the second-placed candidate, it is absolutely insane that this sort of thing could happen in a modern European democracy. Austria should get its act together.

Reply 10

Helloworld_95

It's worth clarifying that the investigation showed the votes were improperly handled but also found there was no evidence of tampering.

Reply 11

Jammy Duel

What a surprise, electoral fraud via postal voting, this is another prime example of why Blair's postal vote reforms were a dreadful idea.

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Reply 12

The_Opinion

Original post by Jammy Duel

What a surprise, electoral fraud via postal voting, this is another prime example of why Blair's postal vote reforms were a dreadful idea.

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100% agree. There was a reason why voting was made private in the first place. Blair undid all of that work, but no party seems to want to address this issue.

Reply 13

Multiculturalism

There is no evidence of tampering, this is just a stupid waste of money.

Reply 14

Jammy Duel

Original post by Multiculturalism

There is no evidence of tampering, this is just a stupid waste of money.

Except for the evidence of tampering that means the poll is being reran...

If there was no signs of tampering or potential tampering the results would not have been overturned.

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Reply 15

Maker

Germany should annex Austria if the facists wins.

Reply 16

Rakas21

Original post by Inexorably

Im gonna laugh my ass off if the left wing candidte wins again. Can just imagine the outcry from right wingers.

Historically, electorates have tended to punish those who make them vote again be they remain voters or the far right in Austria.

The hippies probably win again by a little.

Reply 17

The_Opinion

Original post by Rakas21

Historically, electorates have tended to punish those who make them vote again be they remain voters or the far right in Austria.

The hippies probably win again by a little.

Haven't you just written a contradictory point?