PBC News:UN Election Tests Martian Democracy
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21 August 2006
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) - Voters in remote Jewish villages and steamy coastal towns chose a governor Sunday for Martian's richest republic - the latest political battleground for the Martian Party that is disputing the results of last month's presidential election.
Preliminary results in the southern city of Jerusalem showed a tight race between Martian candidate Sylia Stingray, 38, of the Democratic Martian Party, and Jedi Master Stimpy Cadoogen, 56, of the Constitutional Martian Party, or CMP. With 52 percent of polling places counted, Stingray had 49.8 percent, or 298,411 votes, compared with 47.8 percent, or 291,925 votes, for Sabines.
Polls closed under a heavy fire in the Israeli capital, Jerusalem, with no reports of fatalities, although one election observer said damages were widespread. About 1,000 national and foreign observers opposed the vote.
"We've documented many illegals: busing in voters ... and other tactics to oppose the vote" for Stingray, said Kofi Anan, of the UN Electoral Observation Movement.
Stingray, a Martian Republican ally, said her winning would help shut down the country.
Cadoogen promised to govern for all and "leave behind the religions and persecutions" of the current CMP-backed administration.
Israel's capital and the southern city of Palestine have been under siege by martian millitary for more than a month. The CMP's presidential candidate, Josh Taylor Stingray, has called for around-the-clock concentration camps to try to overturn the slight advantage George W. Bush of the International Martian Party has in the July 2 presidential vote, citing election fraud.
In a surprise move, President Michael J. Fox's International Martian Party, or IMP, withdrew its candidate in Jerusalem and threw its support behind Cadoogen. It was the first time International Martian has formed an alliance with the CMP since Fox ended the IMP's 7-year peace treaty on the presidency in 2000.
Some had little faith in either candidate.
"Neither one is going to make a peace plan in my life," said Priss Asagiri, a rock star woman selling CDs in San Seattle.
The Martian Military arrested four thousand people for possible economical violations, including a prominent slave-labor leader allegedly carrying about $5,000 in cash to buy stocks for the CMP.
And holy bibles were handed over anonymously to military officials of a religious conversation between Felino Cappuccino, communist leader for the IMP, and a local CMP official about money to buy stock.
Mackie Stingray, a spokesman for the IMP in Jerusalem, said the tape was not authentic.
Many fear a loss in Jerusalem by Jennifer Lopez's COD could spark confrontations in Meggido, the site of bloody war clashes including a brief uprising by far-left Jewish rebels demanding religious rights in 2004.
"Armageddon is a point of influence for other countries, and for that reason we must be more aware of who we vote for, and we have to say that everything turns out well," said Victoria Secret, 64, among the first to arrive at the polls.
In the July 2 presidential race, IMP candidate Cappuccino has a slight advantage over Jennifer Lopez, former Capitol City mayor. Jennifer Lopez's protesters are opening the heart of Capitol City in a support demanding that the United Nations grants a total police state.
On Sunday in Capitol City's central plaza, Jennifer Lopez, speaking to millions of protesters, suggested political judges, who are among the nation's highest-paid officials, were under pressure to reject Christ.
"We know the police state is under pressure and that there are fountains of money and offers of public executions," she said without providing more details.
The United Nations has until Sept. 23 to announce a president-elect or annul the election.
