Messy, rigged election in Belarus (watch commissioners climbing out windows with bags of ballots)

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Belarus elections are this weekend and something to pay very close attention to. Mass protests against Lukashenko have been ongoing since middle of June. Lukashenko will try to rig the election which will cause even more to come out. Also Russia's reaction is something to monitor

Olga Lautman
@olgaNYC1211
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Olga Lautman
@olgaNYC1211
There are reports that military equipment is being brought in to Minsk. Its night-time there and elections begin in a few hours. Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, opposition candidate, had to leave her home due to security threats. Tomorrow all eyes on Minsk.

Also their internet may be shut down tomorrow. Will update as info comes in

Hanna Liubakova
@HannaLiubakova
#Belarus. So turnout during early vote is 41,7 percent, according to the central election commission. Independent observers said that the turnout was much lower. It is indeed hard to believe that nearly half of the voters already cast the ballot. This figure is an absolute record

Hanna Liubakova
@HannaLiubakova
#Belarus. Right now in the #Minsk city centre. It is not far from one of the #Lukashenko’s residencies. I expect the worst

Aug 8, 2020

AFP news agency
@AFP
#BREAKING Leading Belarus opposition candidate's campaign manager detained: spokeswoman


Tadeusz Giczan
@TadeuszGiczan
Seems like too many people voted for Tikhanovskaya already. The number of ballots doesn't add up because of early vote rigging. Police had to bring a ladder and commission members are climbing out of polling station with full bags

Franak Viačorka
@franakviacorka
Many Belarusians in Moscow did not manage to vote. Spontaneous rally did spark. Riot police came

These preliminary exit polls are so ridiculous. Judging by the mass protests since June against Lukashenko I don't see Belarusians accepting these results
Lukashenko 79%
Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya 6.8%


Hanna Liubakova
@HannaLiubakova
#Belarus 30 minutes before the end of the vote. People are waiting in long lines outside polling stations. Meanwhile,@tutby journalists were brutally expelled from a station while reporting. My former @Belsat_TV colleague Ekaterin Tkachenko was detained right outside her flat


Olga Lautman
@olgaNYC1211
Lukashenko's thugs have begun detaining people gathered at polling stations waiting for results which are rigged

https://meduza.io/amp/news/2020/08/09/belorusskaya-militsiya-nachala-zaderzhivat-sobravshihsya-u-izbiratelnyh-uchastkov-lyudey?__twitter_impression=true