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Or contact the press officer directly:
Angelina Sutalo, Senior Press Officer, at +32 486 514 479 or [email protected].
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“ While I think yesterday’s election was smoothly conducted, nobody should assume that those forces, including the former U.S. president, seeking to subvert elections are going away.”
“ As a former election official, I can tell you that when you have new workers and new election officials, the number of mistakes goes up. How those folks respond once those mistakes are made, and how others portray those mistakes and respond to them — voters, media and others — will go a long way toward ensuring a smooth midterm election.”
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“ People were looking for things to go wrong to prove their preconceived notions that the election was rigged. And there are always things that go wrong.”
“ Absence of information is a very bad thing around elections, because it's very quickly filled by others, often with a very specific agenda.”
“ Their proven strategy is to amplify the most polarizing and extreme content to further divide the electorate. If their strategy incites or contributes to inciting violence, it would serve their ultimate goal of chaos.”
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November 4, 2022