10 million Afghan's registered to vote?????

[Gelliebeans]

BUSH:Ten million people have registered to vote in Afghanistan in the upcoming presidential election.

http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/afghanistan0904/1.htm#_Toc83879534
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The report also explains how factions have used force and deception to collect thousands of voting cards from civilians to use in nominating political candidates, including presidential candidates. The tally of registered voters in Afghanistan, over 10.5 million in an overall population of 26 million, is now believed to be significantly inaccurate, the result of widespread multiple registration by voters. As explained here, pronouncements by Afghan and international officials boasting that 40 percent of registered voters are women ignores the likelihood that tens of thousands of women have been registered more than once (some believing their voting card would entitle them to benefits or food rations), and masks regional variation in the figures, including data from some southern provinces showing that less than 10 percent of those registered are women. Several election officials in Kabul acknowledged to Human Rights Watch in late September that the number of Afghans expected to vote on October 9 could range as low as 5 to 7 million.

[dogtag]

1. They were correct, just not very specific -

[kokomo]

3. I used to own an Afghan hound and they are the dumbest!

[dogtag]

4. But dumb enough to vote for Shrub?

Yep, they're dumb, but not that dumb! My Doberman barks at Shrub when he's on the telly. Smart dog.

[kokomo]

6. My dog could never be house trained, not even pee on a picture of Shrub

[Village Idiot]

2. More than likely

he was talking about the AMERICAN Presidential election.....;^(>

[Roachman]

5. Offensive...

Shrub ought not talk about how many people are ready to vote in an election that he surely plans to cancel or postpone until he can make sure his guy wins.

[cosmicaug]

7. Yeah some of this seems a little fishy.

http://www.tcf.org/afghanistanwatch/main.htm claims there are 4 provinces where the number or registered voters exceeds the population (note that they don't seem to be talking about the eligible population) by 40% or more. I'd say we probably have some fraud somewhere.