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  •  Re: Remind Us Again What the Governing Council Sup (none / 1)

    No census, no voter rolls, no voter rolls, no direct elections.

    Well, this is easily solved, if they really wanted to. Each person gets their hand stamped with indelible ink right before they cast their ballot. Check for the stamp.

    You would get a small amount of fraud (foreign nationals, people voting in the wrong district), but nothing major.

    Of course, the administration probably doesn't want this to be solved.

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    by Gustavo on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 03:04:24 PM PDT

    •  Re: Remind Us Again What the Governing Council Sup (none / 0)

      Yes, isn't hand-stamping what they do in countries that are new to elections and/or don't have real vote rolls?  Does it matter that people might not be in exactly the right  place to vote for local councils?

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      by Mimikatz on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 03:39:51 PM PDT

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        I know they did it in South Africa after apartheid (and still do it I think in some places).  I know because I saw it with my own eyes.  At the time I thought it was primitive but after I thought about it for a while I realized it was genius because no man or woman can have an "extra" hand.

        The ink was clearly obvious and totally impervious to any kind of soap we could find - which was about a week after the elections.  But it did wear off after maybe a month of normal wear and tear.  

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        by Soj on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 05:53:48 PM PDT

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      You know, they do this in Venezuela and no doubt in other countries as well.  But it's probably too risky for this administration to do anything so democratic and so fair.

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      by Roadrage on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 05:27:08 PM PDT

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    •  Re: Remind Us Again What the Governing Council Sup (none / 0)

      This administration has an alternative solution borrowed from its close ally Saudi Arabia: they are going to cut off a hand of everyone who votes. Problem solved.

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      by daunte on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 09:45:22 PM PDT

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