tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25280720.post1550640512893936652..comments2023-10-05T15:31:04.998-07:00Comments on angrysoba: Potemkin Ballot Boxes?angrysobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674288680077237267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25280720.post-75411357525409295872009-03-31T17:34:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:34:00.000-07:00Iraqi officials say President Saddam Hussein has w...<I>Iraqi officials say President Saddam Hussein has won 100% backing in a referendum on whether he should rule for another seven years. <BR/>There were 11,445,638 eligible voters - and every one of them voted for the president, according to Izzat Ibrahim, Vice-Chairman of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council. <BR/><BR/></I><BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2331951.stm<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing that some of these would count as spoiled ballots in the UK, though.<BR/><BR/><I>During polling, many voters trampled American flags and some signed their ballot-papers in their own blood in a display of loyalty to their leader. </I><BR/><BR/>Still, he did better than his previous election in which he won a pitiful 99.96%angrysobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674288680077237267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25280720.post-16876200134242999312009-03-31T08:41:00.000-07:002009-03-31T08:41:00.000-07:00I seem to remember Saddam claiming 100% turnout an...I seem to remember Saddam claiming 100% turnout and 100% of the vote. Not sure who the electorate were though. Everybody or a chosen few?Theholyghostnoreply@blogger.com