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Doreen Bogdan - Martin, Director Elect, BDT, ITU, at ITU PP-18, on 1 November 2019 in Dubai, UAE.
©ITU/I.Wood
For what good it'll do . . . Georgia is pretty conservative indeed, so I'm not getting my hopes up too much.
There was an initiative on the ballot about sanctifying in our actual bloody state constitution the right to hunt and fish, by the way. 9.9 (Three guesses which way I voted on that!) Sometimes I seriously worry about the state, and about humanity in general.
Half an hour 'til the polls close here. Keep your fingers crossed and, if religious, politely ask the deity of your choice that we regain control of at least part of Congress. (The Democrats are far from perfect, but in their favor is the very important point that they are, except perhaps for some arch-conservative Democratic politicians in Georgia, not Republicans.) Me, I'll be sacrificing a block of tofu on the altar of the great divine Commonsensia, asking that this election goes well.
This is known these days as the Palace of Reunification, but was once, dear reader, the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace (or "Palace of the dictatorial imperialist puppet government"!)
Upon the partition of Vietnam into North and South in 1954 at the 17th Parallel, Ngô Đình Diệm became Premier of South Vietnam under the head of state and former Emperor, Bảo Ðại. In 1955, when by the terms of the Geneva accords Diem should have been organising elections (which he feared might have led to unification with North Vietnam), he held a referendum asking voters to approve a republic. The result overwhelmingly endorsed the removal of Bảo Ðại and the establishment of Diem as President. In fact it was a bit too 'overwhelming! Diem's brother Ngô Ðình Nhu rigged the election so heavily that is Saigon for example, 133 percent of the registered population voted for Diem!!!
President Jean Baptiste Ngô Đình Diệm has to share a large part of the blame for the eventual defeat of South Vietnam by the North. His administration was deeply unpopular; biased in favour of the Catholic minority and against the Buddhists (as we have already seen); profoundly corrupt, and its army so badly led as to be of little use. In the end, the American administration stood by in 1963 and watched while he was deposed by elements of his army. His assassination however, was not it would seem, pre-planned.
The next man to be installed here as President, was Dương Văn Minh. Popularly known as Big Minh because of his size, he was a former Vietnamese general and had been one of only 50 Vietnamese officers ever to be commissioned into the French Colonial Army. Minh is said to have preferred playing mah-jongg, giving tea parties and fighting the Việt Cộng, to running the country, and as a result was in and out of government several times between 1963 and 1975.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu became President in 1967 and held office until a few days before the fall of Saigon in 1975. Sadly, Thiệu's regime was accused of being far more corrupt than the regime of his predecessor. In 1971, Thiệu ran for re-election, but his reputation for corruption made his political opponents believe the election would be fixed and they declined to run. As the only candidate, Thiệu was re-elected by 94% of the registered population - a remarkable achievement when one considers that there was only an 87% turn-out! Thiệu resigned as President in a tearful televised announcement on 21 April 1975 in which he denounced the United States for failing to come to the aid of South Vietnam!! He died in Massachusetts in 2001.
President Thiệu was followed by his Vice-President, Trần Văn Hương, who himself resigned after a week, handing power back to Big Minh again, who presided over the surrender of the government two days later.
Mario Maniewicz, BR Director, delivering his election acceptance speech at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22), Bucharest, Romania.
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
Early voting in presidential elections at Rockaway YMCA in Averne, Queens on Monday , October 26, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Monday November 3, 2015 - Senator Ed Markey rallies a crowd at Marth Coakley Campaign HQ in Somerville on the eve of the statewide election. (Photo: Eric Haynes)
Commonwealth observers at work on polling day during the Solomon Islands General Elections in April 2006.
Indian border villager woman holds voting slip as she waits in queue to cast her vote at Londa polling station on India-Pakistan International border at Heera Nagar district about 60 KM from the Northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir on 13 December 2008. Eleven constituencies spread over three districts in Jammu region and Kashmir valley went to polls on Saturday in the fifth phase of elections to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election. One person was killed and six others, including three policemen, were injured in clashes between anti-poll agitators and security men in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to temporary suspension of polling at three polling stations of the district of Jammu and Kashmir
Labor launched their election campaign at the Brisbane Convention Centre on September 1, 2013. Photo by political reporter Simon Cullen.
INEC Ballot Papers with exclusion of some Political Parties in Ijesha ward of Lagos State Before the cancelation pronouncement by the INEC Chairman, Professor Jega. over Nationwide logistic problem of Election materials not getting to destinations on time... saturday
Photo: Kunle Ogunfuyi
Early voting in presidential elections at Rockaway YMCA in Averne, Queens on Monday , October 26, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
The sign game has changed. You can no longer steal and get away with it because guys like this are taking it pretty seriously and being creative in small town, Wendell, NC. Try stealing this sign.
James Branch listens to the announcement that he won the First Ward primary for Jefferson City City Council in Jefferson City, Mo., on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. He won with 79 percent of the votes which means there will not be another election. (Katy Mersmann/KOMU News)
Early voting in presidential elections at Rockaway YMCA in Averne, Queens on Monday , October 26, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Series of print ads for Elections Canada prepared for the 1974 federal election,. Art by Yardley Jones. These copies appeared in the Montreal Gazette.
The people of Somaliland Republic have shown to the outside world their value, belief and exceptional quality with respect to dealing and embrace of universal democratic norms and values. The way in which Somaliland voters behaved during local council elections, how they exercised their constitutional rights and how they respected the rule of was a well-expressed, admirable and powerful message to the world. All in all, the way in which the Somaliland people have fulfilled their civic duties was a wonder worthy phenomenon in the entire African continent
Series of print ads for Elections Canada prepared for the 1974 federal election,. Art by Yardley Jones. These copies appeared in the Montreal Gazette.
The people of Somaliland Republic have shown to the outside world their value, belief and exceptional quality with respect to dealing and embrace of universal democratic norms and values. The way in which Somaliland voters behaved during local council elections, how they exercised their constitutional rights and how they respected the rule of was a well-expressed, admirable and powerful message to the world. All in all, the way in which the Somaliland people have fulfilled their civic duties was a wonder worthy phenomenon in the entire African continent
Election literature sent to my house during the last weekend before the election.
This flier - hung on my door by volunteers canvassing the area on Sunday afternoon - is another "Get out the vote" flyer, urging you to vote and telling you where and how.
It also has the names of the down-ticket races: Mark Warner for Senate and Jim Moran for Congress.