€6.58 billion for Indra and 2.6 million new voters: the alleged election rigging debate
A €6.58 billion contract for Indra and changes to the electoral roll adding 2.6 million new voters have revived suspicions of election fraud in Spain. Two competing narratives…
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€6.58 billion for Indra and 2.6 million new voters: the alleged election rigging debate
The privatisation of the vote count and a multi-billion-euro contract with Indra are fuelling suspicions of tampering. While some denounce a slow-motion coup, others dismiss it as a Trump-style hoax. How much truth is there to it?
The Indra contract and the electoral roll
The figure that has peine the debate is the €6.58 billion injection into Indra, the company that manages the vote-counting software. On top of this comes the alleged modification of the electoral roll to add up to 2.6 million new voters "chosen at random", in the words of one analyst. The combination of both elements leads one camp to conclude that an election rigging operation of historic proportions is underway. "The elections are privatised, there are no audits, there are no guarantees whatsoever," they summarise.
Two clashing narratives
Against this thesis, another position holds that the real fraud is committed by the right wing with "nuns, phantom voter registrations and black money". The accusation is thrown back: "It's smoke to cover up the real issue: thousands or millions of manipulated votes." Those who downplay the risk argue that if the government were rigging elections, it would already have lost recent regional elections (Extremadura, Aragón, Castilla y León). "In poor-fascist logic, every election involves a rigging operation that backfires on them," they joke.
Oversight, the pending issue
One point of consensus between both sides is the weakness of the control system. In the European elections, only one small party attempted a polling-station-by-polling-station scrutiny. Nobody demands audits of Indra's software or the presence of international observers. "The pepper party and Vox won't demand anything," laments one sector. Others add that even if there were fraud, "it makes no difference" because the opposition would do nothing. A sense of powerlessness runs through the debate.
The headlong rush
Some participants adopt a resigned stance: "Let them do it, if they dare. I want them to swallow it themselves when the welfare state collapses." For them, the alleged rigging is nothing more than a manoeuvre to hold on to power before the coming economic storm. Others, however, antiestéticar that the modification of the electoral roll is a silent coup d'état.
The debate remains open. The concrete figures – €6.58 billion for Indra, 2.6 million new voters – are on the table. Verification, however, is still pending.
The privatisation of the vote count and a multi-billion-euro contract with Indra are fuelling suspicions of tampering. While some denounce a slow-motion coup, others dismiss it as a Trump-style hoax. How much truth is there to it?
The Indra contract and the electoral roll
The figure that has peine the debate is the €6.58 billion injection into Indra, the company that manages the vote-counting software. On top of this comes the alleged modification of the electoral roll to add up to 2.6 million new voters "chosen at random", in the words of one analyst. The combination of both elements leads one camp to conclude that an election rigging operation of historic proportions is underway. "The elections are privatised, there are no audits, there are no guarantees whatsoever," they summarise.
Two clashing narratives
Against this thesis, another position holds that the real fraud is committed by the right wing with "nuns, phantom voter registrations and black money". The accusation is thrown back: "It's smoke to cover up the real issue: thousands or millions of manipulated votes." Those who downplay the risk argue that if the government were rigging elections, it would already have lost recent regional elections (Extremadura, Aragón, Castilla y León). "In poor-fascist logic, every election involves a rigging operation that backfires on them," they joke.
Oversight, the pending issue
One point of consensus between both sides is the weakness of the control system. In the European elections, only one small party attempted a polling-station-by-polling-station scrutiny. Nobody demands audits of Indra's software or the presence of international observers. "The pepper party and Vox won't demand anything," laments one sector. Others add that even if there were fraud, "it makes no difference" because the opposition would do nothing. A sense of powerlessness runs through the debate.
The headlong rush
Some participants adopt a resigned stance: "Let them do it, if they dare. I want them to swallow it themselves when the welfare state collapses." For them, the alleged rigging is nothing more than a manoeuvre to hold on to power before the coming economic storm. Others, however, antiestéticar that the modification of the electoral roll is a silent coup d'état.
The debate remains open. The concrete figures – €6.58 billion for Indra, 2.6 million new voters – are on the table. Verification, however, is still pending.
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