SW,UK08/25/2004By [Printer Friendly Version]
THE UNITED Nations claims that 9.6 million Afghans have registered to vote, out of an eligible population of 9.8 million.
The Afghan president, Karzai, says that 42 percent of those registered are women.
That would mean 5.63 million men had registered to vote—higher than the number of eligible males, which is around 5.12 million.
At a press conference on 11 August Karzai said, “If Afghans have two registration cards and if they would like to vote twice—well, welcome!
“This is an exercise in democracy. Let them exercise it twice.”
US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was also at the event, made no comment.