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12 minutes ago, Patine said:

But, "ghost voters," have been an integral part of electoral politics (and classic electoral fraud) everywhere since the Australian secret ballot came into common usage and the show of hands of local voters in a public place was abandoned. 😛

There was a serious case of voter fraud in the 1960 Vice Presidential Election in South Korea. The people rose up and protested, and eventually Syngman Rhee had to resign.

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3 minutes ago, Timur said:

There was a serious case of voter fraud in the 1960 Vice Presidential Election in South Korea. The people rose up and protested, and eventually Syngman Rhee had to resign.

That reminds me of the common misconception that Japanese people live WAY longer than anyone else, thanks mostly to their diet.

As it turns out, the Japanese are just exceptionally better at hiding dead bodies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11299646

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1 minute ago, MrPotatoTed said:

That reminds me of the common misconception that Japanese people live WAY longer than anyone else, thanks mostly to their diet.

As it turns out, the Japanese are just exceptionally better at hiding dead bodies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11299646

"The register in Yamaguchi prefecture indicated one of its residents was alive and kicking at 186 years old."

Yikes!

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