A representative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai watched as election workers entered data into computers at the election result tally center of the Independent Election Commission office in Kabul on Tuesday. Manish Swarup/Associated PressPanel Orders Recount as Tally Gives Karzai 54% -- New York Times
The United Nations-backed commission serving as the ultimate arbiter of the Afghan elections announced Tuesday that it had found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud” in a number of polling stations, ordering a partial recount even as election officials declared President Hamid Karzai the winner of the preliminary count.
With 91.6 percent of the votes cast, they said, Mr. Karzai had won 54.1 percent of the vote. The tally, if certified, would mean that Mr. Karzai would be declared the victor without need for a runoff.
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My Comment: What good is an election result when charges of large scale fraud are leveled. I am sure that something is now going to be put together to present and spin how proper and positive this election was .... I am also equally sure that in the eyes of many Afghans this is not going to work and that President Karzai is an illegitimate President.
We now have the worse of all possible worlds.