In some polling stations, blank ballots totaled a quarter of the votes, and in some others, one third of the votes.

Mr Rene Garcia Preval is credited with 51.15 per cent of the votes based on 96 per cent of voting stations counted, and is declared the winner.

The farther you can get votes away from the polling place, the easier it is to manipulate them.

We came in the huddle at the end of the third quarter. There is still one more quarter. Our seniors, juniors and sophomores didn't want it to be the end.

But, as it has been our wont this year, we have one bad quarter and it came in the third quarter.

What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.