census data was unfortunately irrelevant. what mattered were the electoral lists, which only keep track of the legal residence of citizens. and since millions of romanians had left the country but never changed their legal address, they were (and still are to this day!) present on the national electoral register. > who stayed home that day to keep bescu in power don't ever try to insult me like this again. i was vocally anti-basescu while surrounded by basist friends.
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