On the Poll

Thinking more about Afghan election theme song; keep coming back to "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" by the sainted Ramones:

You've got to pick up the pieces.
C'mon, sort your trash -
Better pull yourself back together;
Maybe you've got too much cash.
Better call, call the law.
When you gonna turn yourself in? Yeah,
You're a politician,
Don't become one of Hitler's children.
...
My brain is hangin' upside down,
And I need something to slow me down.

But then, that's pretty much the unofficial Afghan national anthem, no?

For no good reason other than sentimentality, here's a look back at the 2005 elections for Wolesi Jirga, shot around Kabul that September.

From the top: 
1. Election official at the Ministry of Women's Affairs explains the dirty-finger identifier
2. Campaign posters bloom in Shar-e Naw
3. Journos Bashir Gwakh (baseball cap), and Kathy Santini (blue tablecloth), interview UN official at the polls
4. Woman voters leave polls in Qala-e Fatullah
5. Poster warning against various forms of misbehavior: intimidation, bribery, fraud, voting ...

(Photos by Jim Chiavelli)