North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets 100% of 'yes' votes in election
Source: CBC News
With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong-un was not only elected to the highest legislative body in North Korea, he won with the unanimous approval of his district, which had 100 per cent turnout.
North Koreans went to the polls on Sunday to approve the new roster of deputies for the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's legislature. The vote, more a political ritual than an election by Western standards, is generally held once every five years.
Though results for the other seats in the assembly had not yet been announced, North Korea's media quickly reported Kim had won in his district located on the symbolic Mount Paekdu without a single dissenting ballot.
In the previous elections, 687 deputies were chosen. This is first time the election had been held since Kim inherited power after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-gets-100-of-yes-votes-in-election-1.2566288
Wow that's a shocker! I thought this one would be a real nailbiter!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)you gotta admit that....
jeff47
(26,549 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Da Mare of Chicuguh, (Richie's dad) once pulled in 127% of registered voters. Those were the days of really bizarre voting machines, that had curtains, and easy access to the resulting figures from a rear access panel.
That was a few years before his infamous quote, "Da police ain't here to create disorder. Da police is here to preserve disorder."
Kim jung is just a hack in comparison.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)I never expected that!
KansDem
(28,498 posts)They're salivating at the prospect of adopting North Korea's voting process.
Oh, and this excerpt from the article--
Though results for the other seats in the assembly had not yet been announced, North Korea's media quickly reported Kim had won in his district
Sound familiar?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)ramblin_dave
(1,549 posts)or something like that
ashling
(25,771 posts)I bet they count all the votes!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)the Republic of Korea is South Korea.
kairos12
(12,872 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 10, 2014, 02:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Rigging the election results, sure I get that, but this 100% turnout with 100% consent should be an embarrassment in the real world, not some source of pride. It just shows how crazy the world view of that regime is.
brooklynite
(94,728 posts)Convincing the huddled masses that the Leader of the Pack (does he have a nickname yet?) is trully loved.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)Humans differ from culture to culture but not that much. Everyone knows that there are no literally unanimous conclusions in human society. People know that. Claiming 100% agreement over millions of people is a blatant concession that the results are not an active reflection of honest public opinion. Maybe if they claimed it was 93% to 7% or something like that, maybe that could be faked. I think 100% is a message to the people that the regime has absolute control, they can say or do anything they want, their opinion is the only one that counts - it is forbidden to even think rationally if the leader says not to.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)doc03
(35,367 posts)Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)got the "no" votes.
The GOP wishes they had a system like that.
brooklynite
(94,728 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)WatermelonRat
(340 posts)I could never say something like this with a straight face.
penultimate
(1,110 posts)I may be wrong though.
daleo
(21,317 posts)He will never make the varsity squad at that rate.