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November 03, 2004

Election

I’m deathly tired, so just a few words before I collapse into bed.

I – and a colleague – have been on tenterhooks all day, frantically awaiting updates, and hotly discussing the possible outcomes when there’s nothing new to read online. I’m eligible to vote, but I’ve been advised not to so as not to get caught up in the taxation system etc. I reassure myself that my single vote would not make much difference as it is.

Since I lost my job at Network Rail, I’ve not read Prensa Libre, the Guatemalan newspaper I normally read daily. I read it today, however, to see their opinion on the elections; they saw it as a referendum on all the things Bush had failed to achieve in the last four years, however I also know that a large number of Americans won’t be caring about politics or achievements, probably just maintaining the status quo due to lack of information.

I’m about to go to bed, but I quickly checked Sky News, and found on their teletext:
- African-Americans are being told that they do not need to go to the polls
- Those with unpaid traffic tickets cannot vote
- The actual election date is tomorrow
- They can vote by phone as they are ‘such faithful voters’
- The main states affected are Pennsylvania, Winsconsin, Ohio and Florida, the last two of course being two of the key swing states
- A complaints hotline has received over 5,500 calls a day.

A friend at work has made comments about how the Florida votes – despite those already ‘lost in the post’- have to support Bush or else, given the events of four years ago.

It’s so neck and neck, it’s hard to be optimistic, but I swear, if the world wakes up tomorrow to find itself subjected to another four years of Bush, there will be many people crying.

Posted by chantal at November 3, 2004 12:22 AM

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