North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets 100% of 'yes' votes in election

[ButterflyBlood]

Source: CBC News

With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong-un was not only elected to the highest legislative body in North Korea, he won with the unanimous approval of his district, which had 100 per cent turnout.

North Koreans went to the polls on Sunday to approve the new roster of deputies for the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's legislature. The vote, more a political ritual than an election by Western standards, is generally held once every five years.

Though results for the other seats in the assembly had not yet been announced, North Korea's media quickly reported Kim had won in his district — located on the symbolic Mount Paekdu — without a single dissenting ballot.

In the previous elections, 687 deputies were chosen. This is first time the election had been held since Kim inherited power after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-gets-100-of-yes-votes-in-election-1.2566288

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Wow that's a shocker! I thought this one would be a real nailbiter!

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. good turnout for the election, tho

you gotta admit that....

[jeff47]

12. Well, "vote or go to the forced labor camp" is pretty effective. (nt)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. What a hack.

Da Mare of Chicuguh, (Richie's dad) once pulled in 127% of registered voters. Those were the days of really bizarre voting machines, that had curtains, and easy access to the resulting figures from a rear access panel.

That was a few years before his infamous quote, "Da police ain't here to create disorder. Da police is here to preserve disorder."

Kim jung is just a hack in comparison.

[Enrique]

3. Kim Jong-Un-animous!

[LiberalEsto]

4. Wow, what a surprise!

I never expected that!

[KansDem]

5. The GOP is green with envy...

They're salivating at the prospect of adopting North Korea's voting process.

Oh, and this excerpt from the article--
Though results for the other seats in the assembly had not yet been announced, North Korea's media quickly reported Kim had won in his district —

Sound familiar?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. Viva La Jong-un!!!

[ramblin_dave]

7. Kim campaign slogan: Vote for me or I'll feed your uncle to wild dogs

or something like that

[ashling]

8. And they say the Republic of North Korea is not democratic

I bet they count all the votes!

[davidpdx]

20. It's the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

the Republic of Korea is South Korea.

[kairos12]

9. I heard Karl Rove on Fox told them to hold the vote because his numbers had it at 110%.

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. Seriously it boggles my mind that they pull these stunts

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Rigging the election results, sure I get that, but this 100% turnout with 100% consent should be an embarrassment in the real world, not some source of pride. It just shows how crazy the world view of that regime is.

[brooklynite]

16. I suspect it's more for internal consumption....

Convincing the huddled masses that the Leader of the Pack (does he have a nickname yet?) is trully loved.

[Tom Rinaldo]

18. For the very gullible I suppose, but also for intimidation.

Humans differ from culture to culture but not that much. Everyone knows that there are no literally unanimous conclusions in human society. People know that. Claiming 100% agreement over millions of people is a blatant concession that the results are not an active reflection of honest public opinion. Maybe if they claimed it was 93% to 7% or something like that, maybe that could be faked. I think 100% is a message to the people that the regime has absolute control, they can say or do anything they want, their opinion is the only one that counts - it is forbidden to even think rationally if the leader says not to.

[KamaAina]

11. Have they counted the hanging chads yet?

[doc03]

13. That's because 100% are the takers over there. n/t

[Turbineguy]

14. And the undertakers

got the "no" votes.

The GOP wishes they had a system like that.

[brooklynite]

15. I'd be suspicious of all those illegal alien votes...

[olddad56]

17. what a landslide.

[WatermelonRat]

19. I'm glad I don't work for their state media.

I could never say something like this with a straight face.

[penultimate]

21. I suspect there were some shenanigans taking place...

I may be wrong though.

[daleo]

22. Obviously, he wasn't giving 110% effort

He will never make the varsity squad at that rate.

[Throd]

23. Nobody I know voted for him.