The trend of questioning elections because the result was ‘shocking’
FirstpostEarlier this week, Romania’s top court ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country’s top security body warned Romania was a key target for hostile actions from Russia after a shock result in the ballot Members of an election commission count ballots at a polling station after the parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. From Romania to India, here’s a look at how countries have questioned elections because the results were “shocking”: Romania Earlier this week, Romania’s top court ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country’s top security body warned Romania was a key target for hostile actions from Russia after a shock result in the ballot. The Constitutional Court “unanimously ordered the re-verification and recounting of the voting ballots for the Nov. 24 presidential election,” it said in a statement. The election results saw Georgia’s authoritarian government secure an overwhelming majority raising eyebrows among stakeholders.