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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, you can, though they lose because the Cuban people ultimatley support their system.

[โ€“] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago

No candidate for the Cuban national assembly has ever lost an election though?

Cuba selects a candidate for each seat, and voters can either approve or disapprove them (requiring a new candidate to be chosen). But this has never happened in Cuban history.