Monday, October 19, 2009
Cue the fan
Because here comes the part where the Afghan President hits the fan.
The audit released Monday stripped away enough questionable Karzai ballots in the Aug. 20 election to push his tally down from a preliminary total of 54.6 percent to 48.2 percent, according to Democracy International, an organization that's been monitoring the election on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development.He spent a lot of time and money stealing that election and he will be damded if he is going to give it up.
The results by the Electoral Complaints Commission, if included in the final vote tally, would push Karzai's total well below the 50 percent threshold that would trigger a runoff in November with his closest challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
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