Comments on: Guardian Council: ‘No Major Irregularities’ in Iran Vote

By: izirbat

izirbat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:11:31 +0000

Quite correct.
Also in Iran you do not have to register for the election (as we do in the US). You simply have to show up with your Birth Cert (which has picture of the holder) or if out side of Iran to show up with your Passport.
Therefore anyone can show up at any location and vote.

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By: edgarh

edgarh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:14:06 +0000

Iran normally has cities with over votes. While this may seem odd to Americans it is not unreasonable. In the United States there are multiple positions on the ballot. Therefore it is important that a voter casts his ballot in the constituency of his residence. Iran in its presidential election has only one office up for decision. There is no electoral college requiring residency based voting. Therefore, a person votes where he is. If a city has a ring of suburbs, many workers will vote near their place of employment, resulting in an over vote in the core city and an under vote in the bedroom communities. Over votes stick out. Under votes do not. This is acceptable because they are not voting for a core city Congressman, State Senator or State Representative. Iran does not have America's elaborate system of absentee ballots because their electoral system does not require it. Such flexibility results in some numbers that seem odd when applied to the American model but which are reasonable given the Iranian model.