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Photo Essay: Election Day in Cuba
Photo Essay: Election Day in Cuba
by Julie Webb Pullman
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2010 Cuban
Elections
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The ballot boxes are
sealed, and in place
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guarded by Cuban school
children
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Some voters check they are
in the right place
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or review their
candidates' qualities
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head into the booth to
mark it
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then cast their vote under
the watchful eye of the 'pioneros'
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Voto! they cry, as they
salute each voter. You have voted!
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to the woman who prefers
not to remember how many elections she has voted
in!
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Sorting
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By 6.35pm we had the
final result for this electoral college
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Over 90% of the registered
voters in this college voted, and of the votes cast
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less than 2% were blank,
and just under 6% were invalid.
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leaving only the task of
thanking the volunteers who gave up their Sunday
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But the kids got some
public recognition for doing such a great job!
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And so the sun sets on the
2010 Cuban elections. Their future is in their hands - as it
should be.
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Julie Webb-Pullman (click to view previous articles) is a New Zealand based freelance writer who has reported about - and on occasion from - Central America for Scoop since 2003. Send Feedback tojulie@scoop.co.nz
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