{"id":834,"date":"2016-05-09T19:16:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T23:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-heidi-bamford\/?p=834"},"modified":"2016-05-10T07:34:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T23:34:51","slug":"the-post-election-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-heidi-bamford\/2016\/05\/09\/the-post-election-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"The Post-Election Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was Election Day here in the Philippines and if you look at web sites
\nthat have news from the Philippines you will see stories about exit polls.
\nThere are many to choose from. I hate to brag, but if you want to know about
\nPost-Election poles you will have to read it here. This is the only site to
\nbreak the news. I believe they call that a scoop.<\/p>\n

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These men are carrying a post-election pole. It is bamboo, a strong but
\nflexible material. The voting machine, ballots, and voter registration
\ninformation are strapped on with strong jungle vines. An exit-pole does not
\nseem heavy to the men here who are used to carrying much heavier loads.<\/p>\n

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This pole started at 6 PM after the voting ended and will be about an hour
\ndownstream by the time darkness falls. The men will continue to carry it
\nthrough the night until they reach the trailhead sometime around midnight.
\nThere, a vehicle will take them to town and the vote of the people who we
\nlive with in this remote place will be added to the votes of their fellow
\ncitizens from all over the country. The job of the exit-pole will have been
\nsuccessfully completed and it will be discarded unless it is lucky enough to
\nbecome part of someone’s fence. Now you know as much as I do about
\nExit-Poles.<\/p>\n