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09/10/2005: "Democracy"
The Communists obtained only 1.18% of the votes for Sunday's Parliamentary elections in Geneva. Not enough votes to get a seat, which means their initiative of making public transport free probably won't happen soon. I'm disappointed that my support wasn't more effective. But I get some comfort from the very real possibility that I might have played a key role in tipping the score over to 1.18% (it could have been 1.17%), given that 1.18% of all voters makes for 800 people. I note with some amusement that the number of people who handed back empty and void votes exceeds 1.18% (2%). Even funnier is that looking at my voting district's result sheet, it looks like I was one of two people to have voted for the party's list.
