I just read of an election occurring in a third world country in which the self-declared winner was the son of the former prime minister and that former prime minister was himself the former head of that nation's secret police. The self-declared winner lost the popular vote but won based on some old colonial holdover from the nation's pre-democracy past. The self-declared winner's 'victory' turned on disputed votes cast in a province governed by his brother! Out of six million votes cast in the disputed province, the self-declared winner's 'lead' was only 327 votes. Apparently the poorly drafted ballots of one district, a district heavily favoring the self-declared winner's opponent, led thousands of voters to vote for the wrong candidate. The self-declared winner and his political party have opposed a more careful by-hand inspection and re-counting of the ballots in the disputed province or in its most hotly disputed district. Even a request for ex-US President's Carter and Ford to oversee a recount have been summarily rejected by the self-declared winner. No word yet from Jesse Helms whether he will propose trade sanctions for civil rights violations by this country.
---------- A description of the Bush election of 2000
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