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10-11-2004, 11:58 PM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'>The Little Election That Could (http://www.techcentralstati on.com/100804B.html)
By Scott Norvell 10/08/2004
KABUL -- The ballot is the size of a pair of placemats strung together. Some of the polling places are so remote they need donkeys to get the plastic boxes back to counting stations. There are 18 candidates on the ballot with zero experience and no party apparatus behind them.
Such is the wonderful world of Afghan democracy. And a wonderful world it truly is, despite the naysaying in certain circles.
Yes, the threat of violence is keeping candidates off the trail and foreign monitors on edge. Yes, the registration process has been messy. And yes, voters in some areas are being intimidated in some fashion or another.</span>
By Scott Norvell 10/08/2004
KABUL -- The ballot is the size of a pair of placemats strung together. Some of the polling places are so remote they need donkeys to get the plastic boxes back to counting stations. There are 18 candidates on the ballot with zero experience and no party apparatus behind them.
Such is the wonderful world of Afghan democracy. And a wonderful world it truly is, despite the naysaying in certain circles.
Yes, the threat of violence is keeping candidates off the trail and foreign monitors on edge. Yes, the registration process has been messy. And yes, voters in some areas are being intimidated in some fashion or another.</span>