Saudis to Hold First Vote Since 1960s

[Blackaxe]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will hold municipal elections in September, the first polls to be held in decades in this conservative kingdom.

Municipal Affairs Minister Prince Mutaeb said election preparations have started and a list of regulations would be issued soon, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

The vote will cover 178 municipal councils organized in 13 districts, Mutaeb said.

The elections are scheduled to be held after summer vacation ends and the at the start of the school year, which begins Sept. 11.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20040710/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_elections

[Ivan Zero]

1. So how long before Bush takes credit?

"See! I told yuh our bombs would spread democracy! Yeeee-haw!" :puke:

[mazzarro]

2. I foresee the election nulified after anti-government candidates

win most of the seats!

[flutter by]

3. Who got the contract?

Diebold or ES&S?

[anakie]

4. will women be allowed to vote??

n/t

[Concordance]

5. Speaking of women voting...

Women vote just fine here in US, yet still we got Bush. What I am saying, who knows who Saudi women will vote for. It could be some Bin Laden ideological clone for all you know. Don't worry, I know, its all about the choice, not the chosen.

[anakie]

6. it was more a comment

on the nature of the so called democratic election process.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Black-gold Box Voting.

[teryang]

8. The dinosaur is ready to fall

Extinction is on the horizon. Absolutism versus militancy now there's a future.