Yahoo! News - Dead Candidate Wins Votes in Indonesia

Candidato muerto gana eleccion.


JAKARTA, Indonesia - A candidate in last week's legislative elections in Indonesia won nearly 800 votes despite having died three months ago, poll officials said.



"It's a bit ridiculous," said Andi Mappinawang, an election committee member in south Sulawesi province where the mix-up occurred. "Maybe the voters didn't know that he had died."


Mirdin Kasim died in February, shortly after the deadline for printing ballot papers had passed, Mappinawang said Tuesday. It was impossible to inform all the people in the region of his death, he said.


Kasim was one of 33 candidates contesting the south Sulawesi seat on April 5 in the regional representatives council, a newly created body that will sit in Jakarta.



Espero que esto no les de esperanzas a los politicos mexicanos...

Yahoo! News - Dead Candidate Wins Votes in Indonesia