Posted on 02/03/2005 2:07:52 AM PST by goldstategop
Numbers are rolling in from about 30,000 polling stations that were set up across Iraq. Voters marked ballots that, in the case of the national assembly race, contained the names of 111 political slates vying for a portion of 275 seats.
The completed ballots were placed in translucent plastic boxes that allowed voters to see the ballots but not read them. Transparent boxes were deemed too revealing, opaque boxes too secretive.
On Sunday, it was clear that Iraqi voters appreciated the tactile nature of the process. In many cases, children watched as their parents marked the ballots and placed them in the boxes.
"There's just something very, very satisfying about marking a ballot and seeing it counted," the electoral official said. "I would never put a machine in front of them and expect them to trust that the button they pressed was going to lead to the result they wanted."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Denny Crane: "There are two places of truth. First God and then Fox News."
Hopefully there won't be any Islamic SoreLosermans demanding a recount.
Denny Crane: "There are two places of truth. First God and then Fox News."
Lets hope the terrorist don't find where they're counting them.
If you read the rest of the LA times article you will see the LA times gave the terrorist some great clues on how to find the location. Cant remember exactly but they said, it was on the second floor of a red brick billing in the green zone with some other clues. I can only hope they moved the location after the LA times gave so many clues out.
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