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Oh I see, this is a contrarian piece. Because I know more than a little went wrong -- see http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201303/102427.php http://w
by mheusser 14y ago
Oh I see, this is a contrarian piece. Because I know more than a little went wrong -- see http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201303/102427.php http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/africa/201303/102427.php
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http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Computer-bug-behind-the-many-spoilt-votes/-/1064/1714420/-/sja1ff/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Computer-bug-behind-th... tell me the vote count ended up by hand ...
- hn12 14y agoI'm the author of the original article. I didn't think of the content itself as "contrarian", but the headline certainly turned out that way--and of course "contrarian" has different meanings to different people. Plenty went wrong. Plenty went right. Hand-recounted votes aren't such a bad thing, in my personal view; more objectively, I think it's only fair to note how often they happen in the US, Canada, the UK, ...