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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Afghan Runoff Set for Nov. 7

Karzai accepts results of UN-backed recount

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(AP) – Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a runoff election for Nov. 7 after a fraud investigation dropped President Hamid Karzai's votes below 50% of the total. Karzai accepted the fraud panel finding in a press conference and endorsed a runoff election. The Independent Election Commission said it did not want to "leave the people of Afghanistan in uncertainty" any longer.

"The commission is agreed to go to a second round and say that nobody got more than 50%," the chairman said. Afghan law requires a runoff vote if no candidate wins a simple majority.

An Afghan man looks at a newspaper with the news about the election results at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
An Afghan man looks at a newspaper with the news about the election results at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.   (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A torn election poster of Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who run against President Hamid Karzai in last August's vote, is seen on a wall in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2009.
A torn election poster of Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who run against President Hamid Karzai in last August's vote, is seen on a wall in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2009.   (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
A defaced and torn election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who's also a presidential candidate in last August's vote, is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.
A defaced and torn election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who's also a presidential candidate in last August's vote, is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.   (Musadeq Sadeq)
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RogerMohajir
Oct 20, 09 8:35 AM CDT
Why wouldn't Karzai agree to a runoff? He stole the first election, and he can steal the next one, too. It is not possible to hold a free and fair election in Afghanistan under current circumstances, so why do we pretend that these "votes" confer legitimacy? Reply
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