Hamjatta,

Lets think it and not feel it. To conclude, without any evidence, that
because the number of absentee votes in Kiang is more than the margin by
which the APRC candidate won the UDP candidate must have been due to voter
card buying is totally absurd. How can you just assume that if all those
absentee votes were cast all would have gone to the UDP candidate? Talk of
scrutiny of the absentee vote and its possible impact to the overall outcome
of the poll had they been cast, here is a simple scenario from "Tombong and
his acolytes".

Number of absentee vote = 1056

APRC majority           =  793.

FACT!!

Now, suppose ALL the absentee voters indeed casted their votes with ONLY 15%
of them casting their vote for the APRC candidate.

Now you figure this out.

The final result would have gone something like this:

APRC margin of win would now be:  793 + 158 =  951

Additional votes for the UDP candidate would be: 1056 - 158  = 898.

Still a victory for the APRC candidate with a majority of 53 votes.

You will recall that the UDP majority for this constituency during the last
elections was 35.

Rather than feeling very emotional about this, you should instead be very
rational about the whole issue.

Remember " If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few
blisters"  - Abigail Van Buren.


Have a good day and bye 4Now.

K.B. Jobe.



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