Iraqi Election Recount! (And You Thought Our Poll Was Supposed to be Funny.)

When we posted our newest poll at the right here with the question "What is the logical next step after the Iraqi elections?" we had one choice of "Al Gore suing for a recount." You thought we were joking. We thought we were joking. But maybe not so much.

Iraqi election officials admitted on Wednesday that the result of the country's elections 11 days ago would be delayed to allow a recount of 300 ballot boxes from outlying regions...The officials did not say when the final results, which had been due for release on Thursday, would be published. "It will be a little bit delayed," said Farid Ayar, spokesman for Iraq's independent elections commission. "We don't know when this will finish." Officials said the 300 boxes to be recounted represented a "sample", apparently to check the initial counts conducted by election centres throughout Iraq shortly after the votes were cast. Officials had hoped to publish final results for the election to the 275-seat assembly today - 11 days after the poll.

I guess we will have to be more careful in future polls. Who knew that Mod-Blog was setting the tone for geo-political events?! Well, Ward did, but he doesn't count. After all, he is both a prophet and a megalomaniac.