Problems with the ink used in polling stations to prevent voters from casting their choice more than once, threw the legitimacy of the election day into question. So much so that 15 candidates, rivals of the incumbent, [US puppet], President Hamid Karzai, declared that they would not honour the election result.
But now some of those candidates are indicating that they will accept the findings of a UN-led investigation.
Further encouragement for the legitimacy of the vote has come from international observer organisations, such as the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe, which has labelled the candidate boycott unjustified.
By Indelible Ink and Geoff Thompson ABC News 11 October 04
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