On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > McTim, > very compelling arguments, > but irrelevant to the thread, > In Ivory coast the electoral commission declared the opposition candidate as > the winner,
not until after this happened; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/leaders-backers-rip-up-fraudulent-ivory-coast-election-result-2148788.html the sitting president refused to budge, > in Kenya, The electoral commission made a U Turn, not a u turn, but certainly Odinga was ahead early, as you can read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_Kenyan_crisis#Disputed_results both cases prove my point about early results from polling places being crucial in forming public opinion. these elections happened > recently, am surprised you have no idea what happened there, Why am I not surprised you are casting aspersions on my knowledge. When one is losing an argument, ad hominem is easy to go to. > please be creative and cite examples relevant to the thread So the two most infamous cases of electoral fraud in Africa are not relevant in a thread on electoral fraud in Africa? A slightly different case is in US elections, where televised early results on the East Coast affect voting patterns on the West Coast. When the polls close in the East, some folk think "my candidate is winning easily, so there is no need for me to vote today" I used to work for a presidential campaign in the US, so I think I know a bit about early results affecting voter behavior. Do you have any direct (paid) experience in political campaigns which have formed your opinions? -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
