Guide to Voting in North Korea
As British Ambassador to North Korea Peter Hughes has graciously pointed out, North Korea recently held a fantastically fun election in which 99% of voters turned out and voted 100% approval upon Kim Jong-Il.
To give a closer look at the grand democracy taking place in North Korea, Japans NTV news had a man who once lived in the country reconstruct a typical voting booth scene. The instructi More..ons shown in the video are as follows:
1. Enter the voting room and bow to the staff person as you receive a voting card.
2. Your voting card will have Kim Jong-Ils name printed on it. Old voting cards used to have [ ] Approve [ ] Disapprove boxes one can select, but those cards were abolished in favor of the far more simple support cards.
3. There is a red pen on a side table that you may use to change your voting card to an anti-Kim Jong-il vote. There is a member of the secret police monitoring you as you vote, so the mere act of glancing at the red pen could get you in trouble. If you want to live until the next election, ignore the red pen.
4. To cast your vote, take your card and place it into the box. You must show your respect by bowing before the portraits of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il as you vote. Use both hands when placing the card in the box.
Everyone must vote. To keep the voter turnout percentage as high as possible, travel permits are heavily restricted in the month leading up to the election and those who are missing on election day may be officially declared dead.
Don’t miss the missile drills going on right now, just in case NK launches that shiny new missile their way.
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July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Nice in that …
Nice in that country u must vote for kim if u want to live until next election
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
ohh very nice …
ohh very nice propaganda!
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
OUR NEW CANDIDATES: …
OUR NEW CANDIDATES:
The great leader Kim Jong Il
The dear leader Kim Jong Il
The beloved leader Kim Jong Il
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
They are saying …
These people are so backward, they should learn from the USA where they just hack the diebold machines !
They are saying that there is a red pen that you have to use to cross off kim’s name if you want to vote against him. Even if you just look at the pen they will say you wanted to vote against and you will suffer consequences. People who leave are treated as dead so they do not affect his good rating
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
a translation?!
a translation?!
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Im British lol if …
Im British lol if your going to insult me please read my info first.
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
oh will you …
oh will you americans shut the up about democracy for 1 second!
July 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am
what a pointless …
what a pointless pointless system, there is only one person to vote for a vicous tyrant who will kill u if u dont vote for him and the main fact he is the only candidate u can vote for as all opposition is crushed democratic peoples republic of korea is a joke!! there is no democracy just a evil regime that likes to pretend there fair. kim jong il must die his people are starving.