#election-legitimacy

#election-legitimacy

Myanmar's staged, one-sided election proceeds under military control, with opposition banned, serious violence ongoing, and major international bodies rejecting its legitimacy.

Mamdi Doumbouya won 86.72% of Guinea's presidential vote amid barred or exiled opposition, disputed turnout, and concerns the election legitimizes military rule.

Myanmar's junta is holding tightly controlled national elections widely condemned as a sham to keep generals in power through proxies.

President Trump has authorized strikes on multiple Venezuelan military installations and covert operations amid claims that President Nicolas Maduro leads a drug-smuggling operation.

Trump threatened to ban mail voting and voting machines to delegitimize elections and make Democrats nearly unelectable without mail ballots.

Republican politicians, while reluctant to state Biden won, have used claims of election flaws to justify new voting laws.