Helicopter With Afghan Ballots Crashes (no ballots lost)

[gp]

Helicopter With Afghan Ballots Crashes

By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.N. helicopter hauling ballots from remote villages in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) crash-landed in a snowy field Tuesday. Nobody was injured and no ballots were lost, but officials said the accident would delay vote counting from rugged Badakhshan province.

The crash was the latest snag holding up the massive task of recovering and tabulating ballots from Afghanistan's first presidential election Saturday. The tally was to begin Wednesday at the earliest, and final results were not expected until late October.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041012/ap_on_re_as/afghan_election&cid=516&ncid=716

[ejcastellanos]

1. But we couldn't secure the votes in Florida?

How very interesting.

[daleo]

2. Here is a "reassuring" quote:

"In addition, an exit poll conducted by an American group closely tied to the Republican Party projected Karzai would win with the outright majority needed to avoid a second round. The survey by the International Republican Institute said Karzai would finish ahead of Qanooni by an overwhelming 43 percentage points. The group did not release a full breakdown of its data."

And Fox news declares a winner...

[tlcandie]

3. Is this a precursor to November 2/3rd? eom

[Brundle_Fly]

4. they are delaying the vote count

as karzai is going to win, and another mini revolution will follow.

I bet they are not counted by nov. 2.

[realFedUp]

5. but what about the donkeys?

donkey express.