How the Russians encourage voter registration
Speaking of great democracies, here's this item from Russia noted Monday by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
A Russian press account reported: "In order to assure a sufficiently high turnout for the 14 March presidential election, the health care directorate of the Khabarovsk Krai administration has ordered local hospitals not to admit patients who do not have certificates of voter registration from the local election commission."
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