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Originally Posted by Eric5273

:bsflag: :clueless:

A majority (over 50%) is required. If no candidate gets 50%, then they have a run-off between the two top candidates.

In the Iranian election last year, there were 7 candidates, not "hundreds". Ahmadinejad came in 2nd in the first round with 19%, and then won the run-off with 61%.

First Round:

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 6,159,453 (21.01%)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 5,710,354 (19.48%)
Mehdi Karroubi - 5,066,316 (17.28%)
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 4,075,189 (13.9%)
Mostafa Moeen - 4,054,304 (13.83%)
Ali Larijani - 1,740,163 (5.94%)
Mohsen Mehralizadeh - 1,289,323 (4.4%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 1,221,940 (4.17%)

Voter Turnout: 62.66%

Second Round (run-off):

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 17,284,782 (61.69%)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 10,046,701 (35.93%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 663,770 (2.37%)

Voter Turnout: 59.6%

Where do you get your information from? Some propaganda Iranian news agency?

You forgot that before the first round there were run-offs where hundreds of people ran and their votes were not counted because the head mullah said they could not run simply because they had a chance of winning and were part of the reform party.

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Originally Posted by Aimster

Where do you get your information from? Some propaganda Iranian news agency?

http://www.answers.com/

Kill them NOW.

The Middle East has been a hot bed of war since the beginning of time.

They don't know anything but war.

They justify actions by saying it for the good of god.

Once they get nukes they will use them against us and destroy the world

The only solution is to kill them NOW

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Originally Posted by x54.4blue

Damn, Blue...you roared back outta the woodwork.

I thought Icelanders were fairly pacifistic?

:iagree: he came outa nowhere i was like daumn :wow:

I have been out on my boat enjoying the summer.

An' gettin' angry!

(George is gettin' angry!)

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Originally Posted by x54.4blue

I have been out on my boat enjoying the summer.

OT and my apology for the HighJack...

Good for you! We need pics of your overhaul job!

Sorry about the highjack, please see Newport

Well I saw a new agency do a report a few months back in Tehran and other Iranian cities. Those interviewed were very common with US citizens saying "I don't know what our leader is doing" and "we don't share the same opinions"...oddly enough, very similar to what the average Joe in the United States says about the Bush Administration. As for elections being 'fair', just because you were elected doesn't mean the election was fair by any means.

I will be one of the first to say that the globe in general would be better without a few 'leaders' running around.