Elections in the US have had craptacular turn-outs as well. However, the US and Canada are both honest about both the turn-out and the results.SirDennis wrote:Those kind of numbers -- the slipped ones -- have lead to a few majority governments in Canadian elections. No joke.River wrote:Whoops. The truth about the Crimean referendum results slipped out
The biggest problem with the Crimea referendum, though, was it was held while Crimea was effectively under Russian occupation and the options on the ballot were independence or joining Russia. The status quo wasn't on the table. How exactly does one give consent when one is not allowed to refuse?