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It is lunch time again and the second day after the latest General Election in Singapore. I am reading a very interesting blog article - one written by a Counting Agent during the latest GE in Singapore.(http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/counting-agent-me/#more-4261.

According to the blog of this person, the 2 voting tickets (as listed above) are considered valid in his Counting Centre. That looks really wrong!!! Is the interpretation of what is a valid vote left to one single individual in the Counting Centre? If yes, how were these people selected and how can the selection ensure there are no party biasness and most importantly, how to make sure there are constant application of what is and is not acceptable as a valid vote... many questions!

Some entries back, I used Paul Elvstrom's quote. For the purpose of the General Election 2011 Singapore, it should be read as "Any candidate has not won the election, if in winning the election, you have lost the respect of your competiting parties/candidates as well as the Singapore people.

Seriously, I watched on TV during the night of the vote count as well as youtube videos the day after. Even in defeat, there were candidates who drew respectable remarks from their competitors from other parties - Mr Chiam See Tong, Mr George Yeo, etc. Of course, we all know that the winning Workers' Party Team (Mr Low and his GRC team) got congratutory comments from the PAP plus they were stated in many newswires as a respectable alternate party team entering the Parliament in 2011 - blazing the trail for others to follow in the future General Elections of Singapore!! However, I also heard and read about candidates who had won but have not won the respect of the Singapore people and their competitors. Well, at least they have 5 years to repair their beaten-up image... maybe they will really win then.

Stepping back to the comments of this Counting Agent... If a party had actual won because of biasness in evaluating whether a vote is valid or invalid, the winning party may just have lost the respect of the Singaporeans in this General Election... so what if you have SGD15K salary a month and get to sit in Parliament for the next 5 years.

My conclusion is that Paul's quote is applicable in sport or at work and is certainly applicable to General Elections too. :-D