Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Germany: Manual voting in a high-tech country - Marites Danguilan Vitug | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

Manual voting in a high-tech country - Marites Danguilan Vitug | ABS-CBN News Online Beta:

It was all over by 7 p.m. Germans knew who their next chancellor was, what the shape of the new coalition would be. They could go to sleep well; there were no uncertainties.

The voting rate was low at about 71 percent, compared to 77.7 percent four years ago. (Total voting population is 62 million.) It is a cause for concern, some analysts say, and they attribute it to this year’s lackluster campaign. Still, Germany can celebrate a successful election, another milestone to its party democracy.

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