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How over 200,000 votes went to waste
The Standard / www.standardmedia.co.ke ^ | Saturday, 14th August 2010 | By Oscar Obonyo

Posted on 08/13/2010 8:45:29 PM PDT by thecodont

As dust settles down over the storm raised by the historic constitutional referendum, the electoral body officials and politicians are raising the red flag over high figures of votes that were rejected.

They fear the trend, witnessed on August 4th, could stifle some of the democratic gains that come with the new political dispensation. In instances never witnessed in recent times, cosmopolitan constituencies in Nairobi and Eldoret are among those that recorded high numbers of rejected votes.

At 6,251, Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s Langata constituency recorded the highest number of rejected votes in the country, followed by Embakasi at 5,497 and Eldoret South at 4,610.

In some parts of the country, these figures are enough to win a parliamentary seat. In fact they are well beyond the total number of 2,742 people who, for instance, cast their referendum vote in Lamu constituency.

According to Sports Assistant Minister Kabando wa Kabando and Mukurweini MP, some voters in Central Province put a tick in one box and a cross in the other.

In even more hilarious circumstances, some over enthusiastic youths in Kibera confessed making additional marks on the ballots including signatures or writing their names, as if to engrave their historic achievement.

(Excerpt) Read more at standardmedia.co.ke ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kenya; kenyaconstitution; spoiledballots; voting

1 posted on 08/13/2010 8:45:31 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

Did anybody write-in for Obama?;)


2 posted on 08/13/2010 8:51:03 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: thecodont

ACORN in Kenya?


3 posted on 08/13/2010 10:10:20 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: thecodont

0bama and Chicago Thug tactics?
Maybe they should ask Hillary about her experience.


4 posted on 08/13/2010 11:03:27 PM PDT by celtic gal
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