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...upperclass Houses. Worldly upperclassmen know better than to be enchanted by the alleged possibility of longer dining hall hours and termination of the universal wake-up call in the form of the Mem Church bells. Since straightforward platforms may not be enough to sway House-dwellers to vote at all, what’s a candidate...
...representative. Britt took advantage of his song-parody-writing hobby for his campaign, sending one of his creations over his house list to attract attention to the election (although he did not manage to actually record it). “It’s less about ‘vote for me,’ more ‘this is the UC,’” he adds...
CORRECTION: This editorial incorrectly stated that 46 percent of citizens did not vote in the 2004 presidential election. In fact, 36 percent of citizens did not vote. The Crimson regrets the error...
...claims that the uneducated state of rural voters, who handed Thaksin and his successors large electoral mandates, makes them vulnerable to electoral fraud. But vote buying doesn't wholly explain the appeal of populist politicians like Thaksin, who promised villagers health-care benefits and microfinancing options. If elections were held tomorrow, the governing coalition led by the People Power Party, which is packed with Thaksin acolytes, would likely win support again. The final battle, as that one PAD leader calls it, isn't over...
...that Obama has strong ties to Odinga, whom the author says fomented Kenya's postelection violence last January in a bid to secure the presidency after the results declared incumbent President Mwai Kibaki the winner. In fact, independent observers disputed Kibaki's victory, and a commission looking into the vote recently determined that Kenya would never know if Odinga or Kibaki truly won. In his writings, Corsi has sought to link the Luos - the tribe of Odinga, as well as Obama's ancestors - with Muslims and to pit both of them against Kikuyus, the tribe of Kibaki...