Two days after the elections, and I have to admit I'm not as optimistic as I was before. We could still pull this off, and everyone is praying that we do, but there are so many signs of looming trouble. Only 42% of the votes have been tallied, and even those are on a provisional basis.
There is word that there will be a challenge by one of the parties over the handling of the (currently) 300,000+ spoilt ballots. Depending on whether or not they are counted as votes, it could even mean the difference between a clear round-one winner and a runoff. A runoff would be such a pain with so many failure points that I really pray we don't have one.
There has been no violence but the tension is growing.
There is word that there will be a challenge by one of the parties over the handling of the (currently) 300,000+ spoilt ballots. Depending on whether or not they are counted as votes, it could even mean the difference between a clear round-one winner and a runoff. A runoff would be such a pain with so many failure points that I really pray we don't have one.
There has been no violence but the tension is growing.
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