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First of all my apologies for not being able to comment on your fantastic images at the moment. The internet speeds in my current locations and the new Flickr format make that impossible. Hopefully when back at my mountain base I will be able to say hello.
The counting of votes continues here in Nepal. It is interesting, a little tense.
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Cheers Jack.
As if Democracy has anything to do with voting for A or B or C!
Once every 4 years you exercise your political rights for a few seconds by putting an x on a ballot for candidates that are virtually identical and for names that you do not know.
Communism aims for the overthrow of the pseudo-democracy and the implementation of DIRECT DEMOCRACY of the people by the people for the people.
Today ALL radical political opposition is extra-parliamentary opposition.
A OR B you have NOTHING TO DO WITH CRITICAL THINKING join the socialist faith - Reference to the PSEUDO DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PROCESS
Mayor Bill de Blasio waits in line with hundreds of New Yorkers to vote early in the presidential election at the Park Slope Armory YMCA on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
I guess I should add a proper description. Canada had an election yesterday, after the govt. fell 8 weeks ago, for contempt of Parliament. The Prime Minister was reelected with a majority, but with a huge shift in the opposition. Our NDP, New Democratic Party, swept the Liberals into oblivion, to become the new opposition. Things should be very interesting going forward.
So happy! My friends from Fame cards printed my elections serie in 3 beautifully executed 105/155 mm free cards, distributed in their network. There is one month until the elections, i hope they will get good public attention. Thank you Fame:)
And my hotel happens to be in Justin Trudeau's riding. Vandalizing election signs is something of a Quebec tradition.
Eight of the Ninety-nine who submitted their COCs for the 2010 Philippine presidential election battle it out in "Isang Tanong."
Screen capture from Yotube user theBlockerOnline
The heat of the election day is in the air. Everyone been fighting by putting up their party's flag.
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We'll have an election tomorrow (29 July 2007). It's for the House of Councillors. At elections, all the posters should be put on this official board, according to the election laws.
[UPDATE: 30 July 2007]
The results came over night. Of the twenty candidates in Tokyo (some of them don't have their posters on this board), five are elected, whom I've marked as "notes" on the picture. The largest opposition, the Liberal Party (LJP), took two out of five. One seat went to an incubent member from the Komei Party, which is no surprise. An independent candidate, Mr Kawada, took one seat. And surprisingly, the LDP failed to get their incubent member through but the newbie-cutie Ms Marukawa did win a seat.
Overall, the election's result is a sweet victory for the Liberal Party of Japan. At the same time, it is a nightmare for the the governing Liberal Democrat Party, who are not liberal or democratic in my view. They have lost the control of the Upper House for the first time in fifteen years or so. This must be hard, even if not unbearable, for the prime minister Shinzo Abe, who is a grandson of Nobusuke Kishi (a war criminal) and Kan Abe (a pre-war era pacifist), and a son of a former foreign minister.
The Financial Times has published a good article, "Japan’s voters give Abe a thrashing":
www.ft.com/cms/s/620ca81e-3dfa-11dc-8f6a-0000779fd2ac.html
According to the reports, the turnout was 58.64 per cent, which is relatively high -- you may have read how Japanese voters are lazy, and it is sadly true. Shinzo Abe's arrogant government has "reformed" educational principles, and wants to "reform" our constitution, which will change Japan for ever, but less than 60 per cent of voters had their say. Don't say it's "because the Japanese are shy" or "they can't say no". 40 per cent are not interested. 40 per cent do not think their votes would change anything. I think this is what is called "apathy".
The left-wingers, the Social Democrats and the Communist Party, are now totally marginalised. Their decline bagan years ago, but this time, it's ultimate. I think they should have joined together if they were to defend the Article Nine. Both the LDP and the LJP are willing to get rid of the Article Nine, while the majority of the Japanese people want to keep it (according to a recent poll).
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Ever noticed those big white x-marks-the-spot things on the street anywhere? What in the world are these things supposed to signify?
part of my Chalkboard project...asking people around New York how they are feeling at particularly defined moments...post-election, holidays, etc.
Hundreds of people queue in long lines to take part in the 2014 general elections in Diepsloot. (Photo: GCIS)
Students showed their patriotic spirit while watching the live presidential election results at the election night party.