Vote counting begins after largely peaceful election in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya - Vote counting began here Monday after largely peaceful elections in which millions of voters stood in line to choose their next president in a tightly contested general election. The Elections Commission said some of the nation's 30000 polling stations would remain open late to accommodate those still in line and to make up for having opened late. "Definitely, there is going to be some hiccups here and there, but I think, when you assess the whole, then we think the work, so far, is very good," said Abdullahi Sharawi, a commisssioner of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. "I think all Kenya, it looks like they have faith in the system, in the new constitution." Though some people waited in the sun for more than eight hours to cast their ballots, there was "no reporting at all" of intimidation, said John Stremlau, the Carter Center vice president for peace programs. The center, at the invitation of Kenyan authorities, placed 60 observers in all 47 counties. In Nairobi, some lines stretched for more than a kilometer (0.6 miles), he said.
http://wn.com/Vote_counting_begins_after_largely_peaceful_election_in_Kenya Nairobi, Kenya - Vote counting began here Monday after largely peaceful elections in which millions of voters stood in line to choose their next president in a tightly contested general election. The Elections Commission said some of the nation's 30000 polling stations would remain open late to accommodate those still in line and to make up for having opened late. "Definitely, there is going to be some hiccups here and there, but I think, when you assess the whole, then we think the work, so far, is very good," said Abdullahi Sharawi, a commisssioner of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. "I think all Kenya, it looks like they have faith in the system, in the new constitution." Though some people waited in the sun for more than eight hours to cast their ballots, there was "no reporting at all" of intimidation, said John Stremlau, the Carter Center vice president for peace programs. The center, at the invitation of Kenyan authorities, placed 60 observers in all 47 counties. In Nairobi, some lines stretched for more than a kilometer (0.6 miles), he said.
![Ceremonial start of the Iditarod dog sled race 2010. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual sled dog team race across Alaska. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs (of which at least 6 must be on the towline at the finish line)[1] cover over 1,049 miles in 9–15 days from Anchorage to Nome.](http://web.archive.org./web/20130305184101im_/http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/d7/a547c7d2c84ffe.jpg "Ceremonial start of the Iditarod dog sled race 2010. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual sled dog team race across Alaska. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs (of which at least 6 must be on the towline at the finish line)[1] cover over 1,049 miles in 9–15 days from Anchorage to Nome.")
