For Love of Her Country

[An idea of M.E.Women's platform PDF]
Sept 18th| Kabul, Afghanistan-
We send positive thought and Good Wishes, the way of Ms Ata, who nominated herself for office (and will vote for herself today.) This, because of the Love for her country. Female candidates in other provinces have been threatened, but it has not been a problem for Ms Ata...
TODAY: 12.5 million Afghans go to the polls in the first parliamentary elections in three decades.

UPDATE: Sept 19th| Kabul, Afghanistan-

SMH- Word is discouraging, but hopes to be the opposite. Opinion says that it looks like the new parliament could be elected by as few as 20 per cent of voters, by adaptation of (rarely used) SNTV electoral system. This system consists of a single non-transferable vote - to choose a single candidate in fields of up to hundreds for no more than a dozen parliamentary seats in most provinces.

Largest population: Kabul, there are 33 seats - with a field of 389 candidates. To continue with senior analysts finding, no candidate will get more than 10%... and at best, the rest will get 1% each. In 6 provinces at which there are more than ten seats, those who are elected will be no more than a combined 20% of the electorate.

When you consider the temperament of the Afghans who could possibly see a
1.1 % winner to a 1.09 loser...it's likely to be ill-received.
(Reference to the "assassination clause", which calls for the next-highest vote winner to replace any MP who dies.) A similar rule applied to the election of delegates to a national political conference in 2002 - within four hours of the announcement of the successful candidates two were assassinated.)
Developing....

Continuing Updates (here) will follow...