Almost all better

01.20.2004

When I get sick, I get really sick. I spent most of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in bed w/ a flu &mdash. Drugged up, sipping chicken noodle soup, interrupted by occasional forrays out to eat (and get my daily internet fix). This morning, I turned the corner back towards health.

I headed down to Vrinda, a vegetarian restaurant run by Hare Crishnas (calle Aspiazo between 20 de Octubre & Sanjines), for some good food. Then a short marathon session at the newspaper archives. Back to normal.

I need to catch up on the recent Bolivian political news. But at least normality's the catchphrase. No bloqueos (yet), despite threats from Solares & Quispe to repeat October in February.

But the National Electoral Court & Parliament are all in a tizzie about the gas referendum. No one seems to know how to carry it out. See, regular elections are so simple, that illiterate voters (a large portion of the electorate) can easily distinguish parties & candidates (pictures of candidate's faces, party symbols & colors, etc.). But. What do you do when the election is over a particular question? And one that might be technical? How do illiterate voters legitimately vote on something like this? I guess no one thought about this before.

Posted by Miguel at 06:33 PM

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