Tallinn mayor calls for votes via text message

Jun 03, 2009
TBT staff

TALLINN - The Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar has resorted to text messaging his electorate in a bid to attract more votes ahead of the June 6 European Parliament elections. It was reported on June 1 that Savisaar sent an early morning text message reading “Rise and shine, vote 104, your Edgar” en-masse to local residents. The move is seen as yet another sign of Estonia’s increasingly e-savvy culture. However, critics have accused the mayor, who is leader of the Center Right party, of manip ...

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