I know there were fake elections, I just don’t remember any of my family mentioning the fake voting.
Maybe this was automated (the party voted for you) by the 80s? The turnout numbers in the last election section of the Wikipedia article seem incredibly high.
Don’t know from which former socialist country you are from, but the Soviet Union had elections. Not free or useful ones, but they were there.
I know there were fake elections, I just don’t remember any of my family mentioning the fake voting.
Maybe this was automated (the party voted for you) by the 80s? The turnout numbers in the last election section of the Wikipedia article seem incredibly high.