They also voted in Dubai..... http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topi...=460231&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Bahrain poll turnout low Publish Date: Sunday,25 September, 2011, at 02:02 AM Doha Time AFP/Manama Bahraini by-elections boycotted by the Shia opposition after it walked out of parliament over violence against pro-democracy activists registered a poor turnout yesterday, witnesses said. Only a dozen people were present yesterday morning when the polling station opened in the fifth northern district, near the Shia village of Saar outside Manama, witnesses said. I came because this is my country. Im unemployed but its not a reason not to vote, said Ali Ahmed al-Jamri, 34, a Shia electrician who has been without work for three years. In Manamas second constituency, ex-MP Matar Matar said that, as expected, the turnout is poor ... I saw only some Bahrainis of Asian origins taking part in the polls. The elections were held to replace 18 MPs of the main Shia opposition formation Al Wefaq, who resigned in February shortly after protests triggered a crackdown. But Bahrains Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifah bin Salman al-Khalifah hailed the turnout of Bahraini people to vote and their keenness to cast their ballots. Todays by-elections are a historic case and an aspect of the democracy enjoyed in the kingdom of Bahrain, he said in a statement published by the BNA state news agency. In total, 55 candidates are vying for 14 seats in the 40-member chamber after four won their seats for lack of candidates. The government had called on the 187,000 registered voters to turn out en masse. Local daily Al Ayyam claimed on Wednesday that the government was considering penalising eligible voters who boycott the polls, including firing them from their jobs. But Justice Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ali al-Khalifah said yesterday there was a misunderstanding and that only those hindering the voting process will be penalised. The government said it has established several voting centres outside the constituencies for voters fearing intimidation in their village polling station. Matar dismissed the claim saying that those polling centres have always been a source of suspicion over the integrity of the polls. I went to a polling centre. The situation was calm and there were no demonstrations around ... There is no reason for those general centres, he told AFP.
thats how obama got elected here, blind emotional women feeling guilty about the past treatment of blacks.
yeah but the kid in the background is telling her just a little more to the far left and we we bring on socialisum like they did in the usa back in the 1960s..
