Election-rigging claims: “Look, everything is being done properly here”
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- AfD supporter Andreas Theile observed the vote count at a polling station in Tangermünde after the party warned about possible election manipulation.
- He found no evidence of fraud during the evening, and the experience increased his confidence in the democratic process.
At 5:45 p.m., Andreas Theile points urgently at his watch outside a polling station in Tangermünde. “Quickly. They close here at 6 p.m. Then we can’t get in anymore,” says the 64-year-old, who had already voted for the AfD there that morning.
The AfD had warned before the election about possible manipulation and called on supporters to observe the count. Theile came to watch what happened at the polling station in a school for children with special educational needs.
He found no fraud. Instead, the evening gave him new confidence in the democratic process.
Quickly. They close here at 6 p.m. Then we can’t get in anymore.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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