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...Omar's disappointment, however, was probably the best news out of the embattled region in ages?and a possible breakthrough in the Kashmir Gordian knot. Kashmiris embraced the democratic process as a means of somehow going forward: turnout was 44%, compared to the pointedly apathetic participation in 1996 elections. They trusted India's vow that the polls wouldn't be rigged (as they have been in the past) and India came through. That's an amazing show of mutual good faith following 13 years of anti-Indian militancy and more than 36,000 lives lost. Militant groups attacked polling stations...
...Pakistan TV dubbed it "a farce and a sham.") In his own election, he managed to tame Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League. Together, they won less than half the places in the 342-seatNational Assembly. But unofficial estimates put voter turnout for the polls at around 30%?less than in Kashmir. And Musharraf failed to anticipate the rise of the MMA, which picked up 49 assembly seats on a platform excoriating Musharraf for hiscooperation with the U.S. (No single party got a majority, and horse trading began last week to find...
...Turnout at our booths across the country has been phenomenal,” Shackleford said. “I’ve really noticed a difference—we’ve been a lot more popular...
Recruiter turnout is also down from a high of 140 firms three years ago, which Murray said might be due to the declining economy...
...think this year’s turnout was comparable to last year’s,” she said. “Everyone got an e-mail, which we thought would increase turnout, in addition to the natural publicity we got because of the Crimson coverage...