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Originally posted by octothorp@Oct 7 2004, 07:13 PM
In a slightly related event, I was watching an article on Newsworld last night that talked about the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, and the problems caused by the fact that 80% of the population is illiterate. The words of one grape-farmer they talked too were particularly telling to paraphrase: "It is not our job to pick a ruler, it is God's job. I will go to the booth, and mark one of the boxes. If God sees that I am going to mark the wrong box, he will move my hand to the candidate that he wants."
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That was actually from a CNN report, the quote contained in this story:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/...tion/index.html
By and large, the population sounds excited about the chance to vote, even if the UN is struggling to get them to understand how to do it:
"What a voter registration card is, what a ballot paper is, how to mark a ballot paper, what it means, how to identity the candidate whom you wish to support," says U.N. election worker, Julian Type.
Cowperson