Talk:2006 United Nations Security Council election

message: Someone take care of it —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.92.187.113 (talk • contribs) 16:13, October 20, 2006.
* Looks like it's been done. — JeremyTalk 11:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: Does anyone know how each country voted in the elections? I'm terribly interested, and I can't find it anywhere online. Is it secret balloting, or does the UN not release such figures? -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 15:51, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As you suspect, it's a secret ballot. The best you can do is scour the press for those countries that have announced their voting intent (Chile's abstention is well documented, for instance). However, there will be lots and lots of gaps; there are a couple of dozen floating voters between Guatemala's max of 116 and min of 93; and there's no guarantee that a given member publicly pledging support for B isn't really casting its vote for A. Bolivian Unicyclist 16:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I tried to find out about this in the European media, but without success. However, it is widely believed that most if not all EU countries supported Guatemala. Apparently politicans tried to hide this from their voters, given the widespread US-criticism and the fact that Chavez has quite a few supporters in Europe. 88.117.127.2 16:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Individual votes

message: What's this? Can we explain it here with at least a one-sentence footnote? Scoutersig 02:50, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently you weren't paying attention to the 2000 Florida Election close enough (:-D - jk): probably something like that, where someone goofed and hit marked two candidates. Actually, I haven't seen anything online about it; probably not much info, because it wasn't a crucial vote. Anyone else see anything? -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 04:22, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not putting crosses in squares: they have to write the name of the country they want to vote for. I suppose the tellers are tolerant of incorrect spellings such as Guatamala and Venezuala (see Wikipedia, passim), so I'd guess the invalid votes are deliberately spoilt ballots or members voting for third countries, either out of turn (not every round admits 3rd candidates) or as a protest at the deadlock.  Bolivian Unicyclist 14:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invalid Ballot 

message: has been suggested as a compromise candidate...  —Nightstallion (?) 07:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Dominican Republic 

message: There is no place in the article where the current status is given. I need to read the whole article ? I think an upper infobox or something would make it more clear.
Also, what does the "OTHER" table column means ? thanks and sorry for the incovenience!   Jor70 19:41, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  re Format needed 

message: Because I know our Prime Minister promised to support Venezuela,so I would like to see how we voted.Is it possible to see how each country voted?
YXYX 02:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I asked that question above, which was answered, so we put this into the article: "Votes are taken by secret ballot"  -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 02:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Where can we see how each country voted

message: Hasn't the compromise merely postponed the inevitable? Won't this happen again next year? Guatemala has not yet sat on the security council and it is the only original UN member not to have done so. However, Chavez of Venezuela has very strong feelings on his point of view, and it only is logical that he will compete for it again next year. I can only see that diplomatically, he will have to be persuaded that Venezuela has had its turns - even if they were pre-Chavez. Guatemala was favoured in 2006, even if the margin wasn't large enough. I guess we'll find out if Chavez will have the dignity and diplomacy to back down and content himself with non-Latin-American voices in his favour. GBC 17:36, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stand by for October 2007