Afghan govt throws out nearly a quarter of ballots

Afghan govt throws out nearly a quarter of ballots

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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan has thrown out nearly a quarter of ballots cast in last month's parliamentary elections because of fraud, but it is still far from clear whether the public will accept the results as fair.

Election commission chairman Fazel Ahmad Manawi said about 1.3 million votes were disqualified out of 5.6 million — or about 23 percent — because of ballot-box stuffing or manipulated totals

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It amazes me that 1.3 Million votes were discarded and that such effort was put into voting. Obviously if your leader does not win by fair vote then maybe he shouldn't be leader in the first place.

And how exactly are they weeding through these votes. Its a good possibility that legitimate votes were discarded.
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