Can you count on it?


	Can you count on it?

karstenharder

4-11-2007 2:46 PM

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france, election

karstenharder says:

Being a computer person, it is hard for me to say it - this is not an appropriate place for technology. Not being a nationalist, it is easy to praise our Danish election system - members of the poliical parties man the election rooms, paper and pencil for the voters - everything is counted before midnight, the results are never questioned and no scandals ...

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