To participate in the 2009 Iranian.com Mock Presidential Election: Click Here
About this Mock election:
This unofficial electronic election is being conducted to illustrate the differences between the Iranian electoral process, and a free election, similar to what is typically held in other countries.
This Mock election is being conducted online, and will end after the real election in Iran is over, and the results will be compared, mostly for fun. Mostly. Also this is a good way to demonstrate how an alternate ballot for the Iranian election could appear. It does not have a registration process. So anyone can vote. Although the survey software attempts to prevent it, it is actually possible to vote twice. In that aspect, it si similar to the official election. The result of this Mock election is entirely unofficial. However your opinion at the conclusion, should be completely and utterly valid.
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Candidate Selection:
In Iran: The Guardian Council over seen and if necessary over-ridden by the Supreme Leader, select those candidates they feel best exemplify and support the ideals and principles of the Islamic Republic. Candidates are selected from a list of individuals who wish to run for the office of President of Iran, and who have submitted their names via a lower level qualification and application process. This application process requires the signature and endorsement of the applicant's regional or local Mollah.
Elsewhere: Individuals or Political parties with distinct alternative theories on governance, put forth candidates they feel are intellectually, socially, and morally the best qualified, and likely to convince the voters, they are more suitable to represent the people and lead, than the other candidates. There is no oversight, or endorsement process. Anyone can fill out the application. Anyone can run for election.
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Voting:
In Iran: The Revolutionary Guard soldiers guard the booths. You must provide identification to government officials at the voting booth before you can receive your ballot. After your ballot is cast, your identification is stamped by a government official.
Elsewhere: There is no guard. You must be registered to vote to prevent voting twice. You do not need to show any identification. In the US, after your ballot is cast, you get a sticker that says "I Voted!"
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Counting votes:
In Iran: There is no public information on how the process of counting and certifying the tally of votes is conducted.
Elsewhere: The election is conducted in precincts by citizens who are certified by other certified citizens. Anyone who works in government is not allowed to participate in counting, or conducting the election. After the precincts are closed all the ballot boxes are gathered, certified, signed, and sealed by all the volunteers. The ballot box seals are tamper proof. The votes are transported to designated pickup locations, by 2 or more designated volunteers who sign for the sealed boxes. The pick up locations collect all the ballots, verify the seals are sound, and sign for them, releasing the precinct volunteers who brought them. The ballots are transported to district counting offices and signed out to a large work area, where they are opened and counted, with strict supervision, observation and certification by more citizen volunteers. At no time is a government employee allowed to enter the counting area. Once the ballots are counted, the volunteers certify the count and post the results to the local county, state, and eventually the entire count of the votes in the election is reported. By citizens.
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Results will be made public after the election
by eroonman on Sun May 24, 2009 09:09 PM PDTBe patient.
where are the resutls
by 1 Hamvatan (not verified) on Sun May 24, 2009 04:20 PM PDTWhen and where can we see the results? I voted for REZA PAHLAVI :-)
...already done!
by ThePope on Sun May 24, 2009 01:22 PM PDTEroonman,
it's already done...
(just for the fun of it ;-)
Actually, I would really like to know who Iranian.comers will vote for, even though I'm pretty sure that the big majority of members of this community are against the mullah regime. As a matter of fact, even everybody in Iran are against the regime.
Anyways, thanks for this Mock election blog,,, great idea...
Reply to N. Parsi
by eroonman on Sun May 24, 2009 08:54 AM PDTThanks for the update. I cannot find a verifiably reliable public procedure for how the counting of votes happens in Iran. I do know hat it is not done by volunteer citiizens, but by government officials, which makes it technically invalid according to checks and balances and transparency. I'll take your word for it that there is some oversight, but help me find the link and I'll update the info. Also political parties are NOT considered trustworthy, and so they are not allowed to view counting here. They are also not allowed to hang out near the voting locations either. Thanks again.
i voted too, but save trees and stickers!
by Niloufar Parsi on Sun May 24, 2009 06:12 AM PDTbut you are not quite right about there being no public info on vote counts. all parties participating in the elections have representatives present at the vote count. the margin for cheating is smaller than you suggest.
To The Pope
by eroonman on Sat May 23, 2009 09:48 PM PDTOn the Mock election, you can write in anyone you want.
Please vote, so we can tally the results. You can campaign for your favorite candidate, so others can vote for him too! This experiment is designed to contrast with the real one, so adding in relevant candidates that should be on real the ballot is quite important. Don't worry about the results.
Thanks,
Never
by ThePope on Sat May 23, 2009 08:08 PM PDTI have never voted for any of these thugs and will never ever betray Iran & it's culture by voting for ANYONE from this arab/terrorist regime...
But one of my two all time favorite candidates is mohsen rezai because he's on the Wanted list of Interpole for his terrorist activities and that's why I would love him to win the elections! Just imagine... ;-)
(IRI supporters should vote for him if they really want someone who can truly represent them,,, much better than ahmadinejad)
BTW, his candidacy is just another mullah "strategy",,, you know because of his int'l arrest warrant...
And here's my other all time favorite...
(much better than ahmadinejad, mussavi, rezai or any other criminal to represent IRI :o)
I voted too
by IRANdokht on Sat May 23, 2009 12:47 PM PDTWhere's my sticker?
IRANdokht
Great survey
by ahvazi on Sat May 23, 2009 12:36 PM PDTI look forward to the finding and see how the final result differs from the actually elections results. Mersi.