Monday, October 18, 2004

 

Compare and Contrast

From Afghanistan:

"Finally the day has arrived. I am so happy, it's like a dream. I feel that we are finally human," said Zahooba, a toothless old woman of 65 who walked half an hour on shaky legs to the polling station to cast her vote
From Florida:
a group of labor unions sued over the ballot law, saying that it unconstitutionally disenfranchised voters who may not know their polling place.