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Karzai's Default Win Saps Afghan Democracy

By Carmen GentileNov 2nd 2009 – 7:47AM

KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election after opponent Abdullah Abdullah's tearful decision to pull out under protest. Karzai's victory by default douses U.S. hopes that voting would convey legitimacy on Afghanistan's inefficient and corrupt government, and some Afghan observers...

Background on democratic election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

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