Ayuso warns of election fraud in Spain's general election: "They are capable of anything"
Isabel Díaz Ayuso warns of electoral fraud in Spain: the Burbuja.info forum debates whether the PP really wants to stop it or is just heating up the campaign. Analysis of postal votes.
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Ayuso warns of election fraud: the forum is split between outrage and the PP's passivity
"They are capable of anything," said Isabel Díaz Ayuso about Pedro Sánchez and his government, referring to possible electoral fraud in the upcoming Spanish general election. The Madrid PP is already recruiting volunteers to watch over the 7,000 polling stations, but on Burbuja.info the debate goes much further: is the PP really interested in preventing fraud or just heating up the campaign? With 38 replies in 23 days, the thread condenses the scepticism of part of the forum, which sees the mass regularisation of migrants and the Ley de Nietos (grandchildren citizenship law) as the real play.
The electoral roll as a battlefield
Forum users don't beat around the bush: the key to the alleged fraud lies in changes to the electoral roll. Several users cite data from Gaceta.es and El Debate: the government would legalise 3.5 million migrants through mass regularisation and the Ley de Memoria, and a Socialist MP would have admitted the goal is to alter the electoral roll. "With the Ley de Nietos and the CERA (register for Spaniards abroad), the PSOE is going to slip 2 million ballots into the system right under the PP's noses," writes Gonorrea. The reply from no me creo nada is blunt: postal votes and the CERA must be counted separately or banned, because "that's where the fraud is untraceable".
The PP: accomplice or victim?
The scepticism isn't only aimed at Sánchez. BudSpencer points out that the PP could bring the election forward through a no-confidence motion, but has chosen not to and "to let Pedro Sánchez rig the election". CUATERBAC's reply is a jab: "It must be tough to feel so inferior and such a failure that you have to plan your sore-loser whining years in advance." Other users, like WasP, point out the contradiction: Ayuso has won several times in Madrid, where Sánchez would want to meddle, and now she is stirring up the ghost. But Santiago4 replies that the PP itself links the fraud to mass regularisation. The divide is served: some believe the PP is part of the problem, others that it is the only barrier.
The role of Indra and Correos: technical scepticism
The distrust extends to the election logistics. Several users mention Indra as a government-controlled company that could help with fraud. "Indra will do its magic. Correos will do its magic," sums up hartman4. JimTonic's proposal that each polling station send a photo of the results signed with the DNIs runs into the realism of those who know the current system allows too many loopholes. The thread leaves an open question: if the PP is aware of the risk, why doesn't it demand concrete measures such as banning postal voting or public verification of the results?
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"They are capable of anything," said Isabel Díaz Ayuso about Pedro Sánchez and his government, referring to possible electoral fraud in the upcoming Spanish general election. The Madrid PP is already recruiting volunteers to watch over the 7,000 polling stations, but on Burbuja.info the debate goes much further: is the PP really interested in preventing fraud or just heating up the campaign? With 38 replies in 23 days, the thread condenses the scepticism of part of the forum, which sees the mass regularisation of migrants and the Ley de Nietos (grandchildren citizenship law) as the real play.
The electoral roll as a battlefield
Forum users don't beat around the bush: the key to the alleged fraud lies in changes to the electoral roll. Several users cite data from Gaceta.es and El Debate: the government would legalise 3.5 million migrants through mass regularisation and the Ley de Memoria, and a Socialist MP would have admitted the goal is to alter the electoral roll. "With the Ley de Nietos and the CERA (register for Spaniards abroad), the PSOE is going to slip 2 million ballots into the system right under the PP's noses," writes Gonorrea. The reply from no me creo nada is blunt: postal votes and the CERA must be counted separately or banned, because "that's where the fraud is untraceable".
The PP: accomplice or victim?
The scepticism isn't only aimed at Sánchez. BudSpencer points out that the PP could bring the election forward through a no-confidence motion, but has chosen not to and "to let Pedro Sánchez rig the election". CUATERBAC's reply is a jab: "It must be tough to feel so inferior and such a failure that you have to plan your sore-loser whining years in advance." Other users, like WasP, point out the contradiction: Ayuso has won several times in Madrid, where Sánchez would want to meddle, and now she is stirring up the ghost. But Santiago4 replies that the PP itself links the fraud to mass regularisation. The divide is served: some believe the PP is part of the problem, others that it is the only barrier.
The role of Indra and Correos: technical scepticism
The distrust extends to the election logistics. Several users mention Indra as a government-controlled company that could help with fraud. "Indra will do its magic. Correos will do its magic," sums up hartman4. JimTonic's proposal that each polling station send a photo of the results signed with the DNIs runs into the realism of those who know the current system allows too many loopholes. The thread leaves an open question: if the PP is aware of the risk, why doesn't it demand concrete measures such as banning postal voting or public verification of the results?
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