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Clerics 'triumph' in Riyadh vote: Turnout of 65 percent in historic Saudi Arabian elections (CNN)

"Prince Mansour [bin Miteb, chief of the election commission] said that of the 86,462 registered voters in the city of Riyadh, 56,354 had voted, making for a turnout of 65 percent."

Riyadh (Wikipedia)

"[Riyadh] is home to over 3,500,000 people (14% of the nation's population)."

To summarize: approximately 2.5 percent of Riyadh's population was registered to vote, and approximately 1.6 percent of the population voted.

It's a start, I guess.

Comments

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Well, multiply that number by two. Women aren't people, remember. They aren't allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia.

[ocean-state.livejournal.com]

What, exactly, is the Islamic year? Isn't it something like 1465? I know it's approximately 600 years behind the Gregorian calender, since it's dated to the lifetime of the Prophet.

When I read anything about Saudi Arabia in particular, I think of the Islamic year. It's like they really are 600 years in the past. Think of Europe at that time-- woman as property, the brutal conquest of the Americas, the near-absolute authority of the Church.

One can only hope that Muslims will manage to create a more secular, freedom-loving society a little faster than the Christians.