A follow-up comment from the United Nations officials supervising the vote:
"The vote will continue because halting the vote at this stage is unjustified and would deny these people their right to vote," said Ray Kennedy, the vice-chairman of the joint U.N.-Afghan electoral body. "There have been some technical problems but overall it has been safe and orderly."
The officials had said workers at a few voting stations mistakenly swapped the permanent ink meant to mark people’s thumbs with normal ink meant for ballots, but insisted the problem was caught quickly.
There was no immediate comment from Karzai, who had voted in Kabul and even rubbed his thumb to show reporters the ink didn’t rub off.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6185037/
I think its absolutely stunning there hasn't been a single bomb or gunshot that we've heard about to this point, especially considering the threats and predictions leading into this. Incredible.
Good for them.
Cowperson