Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

It means the process will be restarted from scratch, with the government due to decide a date for a new vote.

The results of that first round saw Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin, win the most votes.

The court said it made the ruling "to ensure the correctness and legality of the electoral process".
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It comes after documents were ordered declassified from Romania's intelligence agencies, detailing what they said was a mass influence operation – conducted from abroad – to interfere with the result of the vote.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4x2epppego

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See https://www.democraticunderground.com/113346007 from yesterday about the Russian operation.