By MARC LACEY
Published: January 22, 2008
Officials said that more than 95 percent of registered voters turned out
at the polls on Sunday to endorse a slate of parliamentary candidates,
including Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl. Of the 8.2 million voters,
3.7 percent submitted blank ballots and 1 percent voided their ballots
in some way. Election officials called the results a success; critics
called it a farce. As in past elections in the one-party state, nobody
lost. There were 614 candidates and the same number of seats being
chosen in the National Assembly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/world/americas/22briefs-cuba.html?ref=world
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