If you can't read Arabic, this was taken almost verbatim from my blog post "Elections" published October 7th, 2009. 
Kama huwezi kusoma Kiarabu, hii ilichukuliwa karibu neno kwa neno kutoka kwenye makala ya blogu yangu niliyoipa jina la ‘uchaguzi’ na kuichapa Oktoba 5, 2009.