North Korea Elections Achieve 99.97% Turnout

[Suzanimal]

This thread is dedicated to bmx042. I thought seeing 99.97% would warm his heart.

Voters in North Korea's local elections "dance and sing" their way to the polls, where they have one candidate to choose from.

North Korea's state-controlled elections saw a 99.97% voter turnout on Sunday, with only those absent from the country not participating, state media reported.

Almost the entire country reportedly made it to the polls, including the elderly and ill, who cast their votes through "mobile ballot boxes" for uncontested candidates carefully selected by the ruling party.

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, who exercises complete control over the country's 24.9 million citizens, was also seen casting his ballot in the capital, Pyongyang.

The elections were Mr Kim's first at a local level since he inherited the position in 2011, with voters reportedly "singing and dancing" as they cast their vote at polling stations "clad in a festive atmosphere".

Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said: "All participants took part in the elections with extraordinary enthusiasm to cement the revolutionary power through the elections of deputies to the local people's assemblies".

Local elections are held every four years and voters choose mayors, local assemblies and governors, who meet twice a year to approve budgets and endorse leaders that have been approved by the ruling party.

In the 2011 elections, which also saw a 99.97% voter participation rate, 28,116 representatives were elected as deputies without a single vote of opposition.

Ballot papers only present one candidate to choose from, which has been overseen by Mr Kim's Workers' Party, and any dissenting votes are considered acts of treason.

The elections have been denounced as an effort by North Korea to appear democratic, but are also an opportunity for the government to see if any established names are absent and to oust any dissident behaviour.

South Korean intelligence says that dozens of North Korean officials have been purged since Mr Kim took power in 2011, including his once powerful uncle, Jang Song-Thaek, who was condemned as "factionalist scum" following his execution in 2013.

The results of the election are expected to be officially announced early next week. I bet I can guess who won.

http://news.sky.com/story/1521962/north-korea-elections-achieve-99-97-percent-turnout

 

[Ronin Truth]

The remaining non-voting % were shot.

 

[oyarde]

He is slipping , .03 % have escaped .

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

he killed his own uncle? bomb bomb bomb North Korea's palace

 

[Suzanimal]

He is slipping , .03 % have escaped .

only those absent from the country not participating

They were on "vacation".

 

[Occam's Banana]

99.97%? Well, no wonder North Korea is so screwed up ...

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Does this include or exclude the people in prison camps ?

 

[Suzanimal]

Does this include or exclude the people in prison camps ?

Almost the entire country reportedly made it to the polls, including the elderly and ill, who cast their votes through "mobile ballot boxes" for uncontested candidates carefully selected by the ruling party.

I'm not sure if inmates can vote in N Korea but they had mobile ballot boxes for the sick and elderly.

 

[Ronin Truth]

"Those who cast the votes, decide nothing. Those who count the votes, decide everything." -- Joseph Stalin

 

[AngryCanadian]

All elections are a fraud no matter which country whatever its a dictatorship or not.

 

[Todd]

Voting in NK is equivelent to healthcare. Everyone who does increases their life expectancy.

 

[tasteless]

Truly the Democratic People's Republic

 

[timosman]

Have you seen their propaganda video ?

 

[CPUd]

A defector said the elections are vote-by-slate, people never really read the names on the ballot. They are more concerned with making sure the poll minders check their own names to show they have voted. On the morning of the election day, they are forced outside into block parties where they sing and dance.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

This is the desired endgame. This is a model for the establishment in the U.S. They have been doing everything they can to eliminate the Primary process. A backroom selection among the elite which decides who "wins" the Primary.

And once that is fully implemented, it's just a matter of the GOP and Dem establishment getting together to decide who the single remaining candidate will be. Somewhat like how they draw Districts. Boehner, Pelosi, Reid and McConnell would be happy to gather in a back room and rubber stamp the final candidates that come from the real backroom negotiations amongst the most powerful special interests.

 

[CPUd]

I remember the unity slates in 2012 that were supposed to keep Mitt delegates from winning at the state conventions, then most of them went to the RNC and voted Mitt anyway.

 

[Suzanimal]

Bumping for bmx. All this voting will bring a tear to his eye.