March 31, 2005

THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART:

Long Queues as Zimbabwe Votes in Test for Mugabe (Cris Chinaka, 3/31/05, Reuters)

Zimbabweans queued in large numbers on Thursday to vote in polls which President Robert Mugabe says will deliver a clear victory for his ruling party but which Western powers have already condemned as unfair.

Thousands of voters in the capital Harare defied early drizzle to cast their ballots after polling stations opened at 7:00 am (12 a.m. EST), while in rural areas people turned out by bicycle and donkey-cart.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 31, 2005 1:11 PM
Comments

Like the old joke that I can tell you the score of the baseball game before it begins: 0-0, I can tell you the results of this election before the first vote is cast.

Posted by: oswald booth czolgosz at March 31, 2005 5:57 PM

Mugabe lost the election. Finding his replacement is a detail.

Posted by: Luciferous at March 31, 2005 6:20 PM
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