Posted on 06/13/2009 12:15:12 PM PDT by xlib
Mehdi Khalaii explains exactly what this means at the Washington Institute in The Voting Manipulation Industry in Iran.
Voting can be easily manipulated in several ways: Collecting birth certificates. In previous elections, reports have surfaced that the Imam Khomeini Committee, a large state charity affiliated with the leader (or, as he insists, supreme leader), Ali Khamenei, "rent" BCs belonging to the poor. It has been alleged that after regular voting hours, those engaged in fraud fill out ballots using the rented BCs. In some elections, polls remained open for many hours after the designated closing time, feeding concern that irregular votes were being cast.
The 'Birth Ceritificate' or 'BC' - not issued by hospitals but rather by the regime's National Organization for Civil Registration - is what is required at the poll in order to cast a ballot. Further identification to show the bearer is the actual person on the BC is not required.
In addition, as Khalaii explains in great detail, Iran has no voter registration and no official accurate count of how many voters there really are (a convenient oversight), no voter identification verification, the voter must write the candidate's name on the ballot and 20% of Iran is illiterate, there are 'mobile polling stations' and not exactly impartial poll workers, among other reasons.
We need not even consider that the candidates are each vetted by the Guardian Council, which ensures that no true moderates actually make presidential or parliamentary (masjid) ballots.
With a back end so constructed for corruption, considering the democracy hijacking practices at the front end is merely an academic exercise. Or perhaps it's vise versa.
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Oops.
“explanation or the high turnout” should have been:
“explanation FOR the high turnout.”
They must be taking lessons from ACORN (the election fraud Pros).
Guess ACORN can learn a thing or two from the mullahs re fraud.
Not just since 9/11, but since at least 1990, if not 1980.
Look up "Nojeh Coup". In 1980 Iranian ex-Shah Generals tried to topple the mullahs with a well planned operation.
Carter let them down, and the mullahs were warned by Saddam. He did this to set the stage for an purge within the Iranian military, to weaken them before his invasion.
Having heard similar since 1979, I tend to doubt it.
Problem is that we haven’t made any serious efforts since 1979 to bring down the regime.
Birth certificates seem to be key in many fraud cases these days . . .
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