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mogster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:29 AM
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Was Diebold et al involved in the Iraqi elections?
Seems to me that 72 % turnout is a bit ... er... optimistic, and I'm wondering if the * administration has been getting help for this election as well?

Anyone who knows how this election was 'run'? I've seen them use paper ballots on TV, but even then the votes need to be counted, fed into computers and so on.







More here:
http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/diebold/adworks.htm

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Remember the last election under Hussein? The turnout was even higher then - and as we all know, SH got 100% of the votes.
To let Allawi, or whatever puppy installed by the *, get that amount may be overplaying it a bit, but hey: anyone to govern Iraq could do with a bit of 'political capital'.

I heard the CNN say that it doesn't matter if the Sunnis doesn't turn out in large numbers, because 'they' will invite them to government posts, administrational tasks et cetera, anyway.

Who the fuck are 'they'?
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:36 AM
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1. I Like This One!
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:39 AM
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 12:15 PM
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3. The voting was done with old fashioed
paper and ink and the ballots put in boxes - which the BFEE will no doubt "count" before declaring a bunch of their stooges to be the winners and annoucing that the new "government" has asked the US military to stay on indefinitely.

They didn't need Diebold to steal this one.
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