the short haul released monday showed left wing shin fane in the lead. once the voice of the ira paramilitary group. shin fane has broadened its appeal and a new leader at merion donald's. capitalizing on fatigue with the two centrist parties this is an election of a change. many irish people still oppose shin fane for its role in the violent conflict in northern ireland. but mcdonald has managed to shake off the image among younger voters and was by far thehe most popular leader in mondnday's poll. war i is so. se have to have a democratic mechanisms. to deal with the political disputes that we still have on the side. shin fane ultimate aim is still unifyingng all into northern ireland's that w wants a referendum in the next few years. by addressing voters main concerns of healthth housig on the cost of living it's frightening to shake up orleans political landscape. and for more on how this election could shake up irish politics let's cross to peter sure low he is director of the university of liverpool's institute of irish studies thank you so much fo

cian fane whether it was going to. unification like for oil become the new uniform does feel the full even of the right now to say when the conditions are right reunification referendum should the doesn't have the right to say there will be a reunification referendum within 5 years or less doesn't the gift doesn't fall into their hands as you probably know the good friday agreement devolved power to the british secretary of state when he or she determines that the circumstances are career. and then if they make that conclusion they are obliged to put a unity referendum but as you probably have learned in the u.k. about referendums it is vitally important that the landing ground after referendum is clearly delineated for voters so that they know exactly what they're voting for we've made no capital planning provision for the consequences of unity in terms of any of the government programs that are in published over the last couple of years as an enormous amount of work to be done on those issues it's not something that

parties in the public yeah that's right i mean this huge antipathy from the i stopped parties ition fane like to call them towards shin fein finnick gael and finn a foil won't do business with sinn fein they say they won't form a coalition which in fame because of chin feigns controversial past and its former associations with the ira should feigns messages respect our mandate and shin fein is looking now for a seat in government that will transform things on the on the vine looking is any question about that because shin feigns agenda was this is not an election victory built upon support for a united ireland it's built upon other things nonetheless at the heart of shin feigns agenda is pressure for a united ireland if not something or a pilot dogs in the view of the city guilty of allowed to the present dish of. afternoon the leader of in a foil to say the they would have shouldn't government in the public of violent political promoting should invade back into government in northern ireland absolutely and that's a question that fit a foil and finagle have never addressed satisfactorily

the ever left wing shouldn't fane. is can dating in the elections in ireland. full results not yet in the party long associated with the irish republican terror group the ira is a head. w. party for the gale of p prime minister leo varadkar looks like the biggest loser the other traditional party government. on a foil is well placed to take a key if not dominant role in any coalition. under leader merit in the tunnel shin fane formally referred to as the ira's political wing. is moving away from that era and its agenda is left wing focusing on the inequalities in our society jobs and housing she says that is a two party domination and i was politics all over. feeling reflected it seems on the streets. wewell what's worse thy could do you know we've had twenty thirty years how many years of faithful in a gale. so they've had a shot and again again sign for some yes give a shot whether it's- there trouble pastor as a parody or not. you know they deserve a shot same as everybody else so. why not. but i hope we see slightly in sentences maybe to the left i hope to

fane is expected to make an historic breakthrough in island's general election counting instead on the way with polls for dating a 3 way split between shin fein and finagle in phoenix for oil who were previously considered the 2 main parties for britain reports us now from dublin 5 sion fein leader mary lou mcdonald whose book come to the dublin county like a hero of the left wing nationalists for a campaign of eye catching pledges on housing and pensions which caught the imagination of an electorate crying out for an alternative to the 2 biggest opposition parties on fianna gael it's it takes a concession she says it makes statements that this is no longer into farsi system it's a statement he says he wants a different type of office and that people have great confidence in us and i i say that with all humility written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom i think because of their legacy of being connected to violence it really is quite surprising to see that they are the most popular party with every age group older tha

in a major political shake up the leftwing partition fane is expected to make a historic breakthrough in islands general election counting is still on the way with polls predicting a 3 way split within again on sina 4 who were previously considered the 2 main parties but as paul brennan reports from dublin it makes forming a government harder i should train leader mary lou mcdonald whose book come to the dublin county like a hero of the left wing nationalists for a campaign of eye catching pledges on housing and pensions which caught the imagination of an electorate crying out for an alternative to the 2 biggest opposition parties and fianna gael takes things change this is a big statement status he says no not really too far you see system i see the status quo was a different type of office and the people have great confidence in us and i i say that with all humility written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom there was in the build up to the election people saying oh this is young people who don't remember the troubl

not the chin fane winners of the popular vote in south days general election is any stranger tobias it's elected politicians were banned from speaking directly on the u.k. state mandated b b c and today it's desire to see u.k. soldiers face justice for alleged atrocities is in the hands of this man we the human rights act to protect personnel personnel from vexatious cases preety 1000 when there's no new evidence but what if there is no new evidence because of alleged systemic british cover ups spanning decades today marks the anniversary of the murder virus civil rights solicitor had finished and he was gunned down in front of his family by u.k. linked paramilitaries for new consuelo geraldine for new can who came to the studio with her son shin fein m.p. john for a new can about why they could be no future inquiry into the atrocity 31 years ago today geraldine david cameron who invited you to downing street to david cameron appear scared when he was talking to you as to why he was denying an inquiry into them while i got the impression that. other people were putting a lot of pressure

frustration with use of budget was dirty and a housing crisis have helped to lift the nationalist fane led by mary lou mcdonald it appears to be on course for a historically strong results. and to break all this done now i'm joined by our reporter although not to not give its high olwyn what does this exit poll tell us exactly this exit poll tells us that we have a very exciting count ahead on sunday when the votes are counted this exit poll put 3 parties basically sharing 1st preference votes and saying phina for all and finagle who currently lead the government and it's impossible to know how the votes will break down into seats based on the exit poll arlen's got quite a complicated electorate election system so we're really going to have to wait until tomorrow or even early next week to really know how many seats each party has cost and who's going to be in a position to be the next government but it does seem based on this exit poll that it will be very very hard to form a stable government let's talk about this party looks it to perform quite strongly despite you struggle links to

others general election has delivered a shock outcome with the left wing national shin's fane party's levering a historically strong performance while they're counting is underway across the country of prime minister the ever right because the center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force here brad to fail to capitalize on of the ailing economy with many voters voicing their frustration is he he is a budget or stereotype and a housing crisis early results indicate a 3 way race to lead the next government with the vote split between veronica's party should fade and thena for. well now to thailand where security forces have shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people and around page most of them at a shopping center and he said earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they noticed a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded the attack which took place in the city of kut northeast of the capital bangkok. a vigil for the lives lost hundreds of people gathered sunday night with buddhist monks chants and prayers and bo

reason for their fane hours in the hotel industry is also feeling the pinch as chinese groups cancel like in this hotel in the old town we just have a cancellation for a group that reserved for carnival they'd booked 10 rooms for 4 nights that means a loss of about $5000.00 euros for us so we know. this hotel near the swiss border has been asked to reimburse down payments for chinese tour groups to prevent further spread of the viruses this letter from a chinese tourism association groups won't be coming for now but what attacks leave will have to react will put the reserved rooms back on the market and we'll get in touch with groups of other nationalities that we've turned down in the us you know any day out here on the ends nor in paris signs targeting chinese tourists offer tax free shopping. chinese visitors to the french capital spend more than a 1000 euros each on average more than most tourists from other countries. that's probably why shares in luxury brands have declined sharply on the paris stock exchange. but. the worst case would be what we experience with sars in 20033 o

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crisis the results indicate 3 way race to lead the next government with a vote split between partition fane and fia faith. i'm joined now in the studio by all reports of all when attendants give it away and looks like a tie at the moment why is she in spain a party historically of course with links to the ira doing so well well a few weeks ago when the date for this selection was announced nobody saw this result coming even thing itself and you know just to give you an idea of how surprising this is been in our land political commentators have been describing at a seismic as extraordinary a shaking up the political foundations of the country so many international observers are asking how is it that a party that has historical links to the ira it was once seen as the political arm of the group and of course the ira it carried out come pain of terrorist attacks as part of its struggle for what it would call a struggle for united arland how is it that the party is now one of the most popular parties in the country and there's several reasons for that like 1st of all it has managed to distance

and the irish nationalists partition fane has demanded a place in coalition talks as early election resultsindicate a major surge in support to center right parties have dominated irish politics for a century but both have ruled out sharing power machine fate. well polls have also closed in cameroons local and legislative elections the 1st in 7 years bartz it comes at a time of political division and concerns over security there are reports that the votes being disrupted by separatists in under a full on. and the irish nationalists partition fane has demanded a place in coalition talks as early election results indicate a major surge in support to center right parties have dominated our which all it takes for a century but both powerful to share in power the shin fein. well polls have also closed in cameron's local and legislative elections the 1st in 7 years bartz it comes at a time of political division and concerns over security there are reports that the votes been disrupted by separatists in under full or well the ruling cameron peoples democratic movement supports president paul beer

last few years rents here in dublin a higher than in singapore and tokyo and it's these issues where faneof really focus their attention and clearly that message seems to have landed but it is early days when it comes to having a full idea of what these results will be think that that's a lie from dublin thousands of homes were left without power and hundreds of flights canceled care ahead to europe winds of up to 150 kilometers an hour battered ireland britain and parts of the mainland the worst has passed meteorologists warned that heavy rains and blizzard will continue on and gave has more. sounding the sirens warning residents in this northern english town of the young coming. across the region storm carol lashed with hurricane force winds more than 100 kilometers per hour accompanied by torrential rain as police closed the roads people scramble to avoid the worst $149.00 flood warning alerts were issued. but for some residents the response was not enough to get approval to really been focused really because. it will keep moving over and. over from the u.k. to the north continental eu

of the vote between the 2 established centrist parties both of those had ruled out a coalition mr fane before the election because of its ties to the ira paramilitary group. people been gathering at the shopping center in thailand to pay tribute to the victims of the country's worst mass shooting that left flowers and messages for the victims at least 29 people died when a thai soldier went on a shooting rampage on saturday. parts of eastern australia have been drenched by the heaviest rainfall in 3 decades it brought floods but also belief after months of devastating bushfires 1000 blazes and replenishing water supplies in sydney a strong surf with top sea foam and swept along large sections of beach. a major storms bearing down on the parts of northern and central europe having already battered the british isles germany's entire long distance rail network was shut down as a precaution though it has now started to reopen some 50000 households in the southern state of bavaria are without electricity and almost 100000 in the czech republic. a tricky landing at london's heathrow airport.

exit polls so far in the commentary that we've heard many people are saying this is a success story fane i'm thinking if the party is refusing to go into coalition with how much of a victory or cysts excess story is it really. as it was a question i think you have to 1st of all andrew wait and see what the actual results are you know we can speculate all we want before we see the results come in but i think we'll have a clearer idea of where the country goes next once these results come in but let's take the speculative results now take a split 3 ways and historically it's been a 2 party system coming into the mix now we will see a change in politics. and a change of sentiment as to what happens with aravind in the next 5 to 10 years now i think so it's going to be an interesting time for ireland and we'll see what the actual results say health conscious moves forward. what you put the increase of the surge in popularity for fain to mean what they campaigning on. but i think it was perhaps more opportunistic than anything i think it was doing a perceived as being doing a good job with fo

enough or has dominated irish politics but this year things could be very different indeed shouldn't fane as you mentioned there is a party on the political left of the spectrum has been making significant gains largely because finagle has been accused of failing to live up to expectations when it comes to solving importantly critical issues here the housing crisis homelessness and also the soaring costs of child care to name a few the reality is that nobody can really call their selection at this stage delta plea coalitions will be need to be formed but the question is who will partner up with who well for more on this i'm joined by a daughter. who's written extensively about irish politics he's director of research at dublin city university school of law thank you very much for joining us so it looks very much as if the country could be heading towards something of a political shake up what would it mean for ireland for shit in fame to potentially have a foothold in government it will be transformational really because since the beginning . of the state really for the last century irish

result expected to cause a major political change except polls show the left wing nationalist party fane in a tie with the 2 center by parties which have dominated irish politics for decades but the ruling finegan l.n. rivals find a bone falling out a coalition with the same brennan reports from dublin. and the results we can now show you pre-election opinion polls suggested that the political order here was about to be turned on its head this exit poll suggests it has been turned on its head and shaken up and down the 2 center right parties phina for oil and phina gale which are jointly dominated irish politics for nearly a century have been matched by shin fein each polling 22 percent of 1st preference votes and what that means essentially is that the party has been making games and it's now consolidated those gains over the last number of years so they're in a strong position going forward not necessarily to form a government this time right there anyone running for 2 candidates but certainly for the next election they're in about a position the buzzword of this election campaign was

not the chin fane winners of the popular vote in saturday's general election is any stranger to bias its elected politicians were banned from speaking directly on the u.k. state mandated b.b.c. and today its desire to see u.k. soldiers face justice for alleged atrocities is in the hands of this man we amended the rights to protect. plus you know from vexatious cases preach to 1000 when there's no new evidence but what if there is no new evidence because of alleged systemic british cover ups spanning decades today marks the anniversary of the murder of irish civil rights solicitor path for new canoe was gunned down in front of his family by u.k. linked paramilitaries i asked perhaps a new can geraldine for newcome who came to this studio with her sons in vain m.p. john for a new can about why they could be no future inquiry into the atrocity 31 years ago today geraldine david cameron invited you to downing street to david cameron appear scared when he was talking.

to go into coalition with them but you know many members of the public have decided to side machine fanethey obviously like their politics that's going to have an effect an impact isn't it on how politics go forward in the future in the republic of ireland. yes i mean that's a fact so because of bad mind very good will try they've had one count of a city should be constituencies and that is the view it's one people are going to lump or various they might just give one of those very soon to a posse which is there any question on candidates. both will be off the main parties are going to loose if they go through the x. rays and 5 candidates saw one no one would choose them against a least because a very extreme given sufficient vote in america was so says that this does happen with other parties as well because as far as your larry this process selection of aussies. in the selection. it has been sector juden prime sugar 1st up more candidates but it's actually john cole whether they've got the colts 2 candidates the person across the republicans on the none of the so. and in fact they only

more left right politics i do i do agree with the point made earlier that actually you know action fane probably probably similar to the s.n.p. uses left wing rhetoric now and then to become popular and actually becomes quite realist when they're in government as they've proven in and the north so it's going to be very interesting to see if that left right normalcy actually develops in our judgment we will find out in time many thanks indeed to all of you for being with us o'malley deck of the braden and connell and thank you for watching doesn't get you can see the program again at any time just play going to our website you'll find that at al-jazeera dot com for further discussion about islands joined us on our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can join this conversation on twitter handle at a.j. inside story from a adrian fed again and the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us we'll see you again i for the and. big stories generated thousands of lines maybe angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with diffe

i think shifting faina here to stay the idea that this was some sort of protest vote that pushing fane in is is for the birds this is a longer term realignment of irish politics in which we're not talking about a big 2 parties anymore we're talking about a big 3 parties of which in fame is one in which in fame may eventually become the dominant party supplanting by the fin a foil off in a gale this is a longer term project yes it's true that she feigned vote was built upon annoyance over issues and on housing and homelessness but it wasn't just a protest vote it's a wider reconfiguration of irish politics so what does that mean for the prospects of a board of paul paul or the reunification of violent and how will that go down in the public and how would that go down in northern ireland i think is a question of when not if there will be aboard a poll in terms of northern ireland constitutional future i've little doubt that in the south us b 2 referendums remember that has to be majority consent for irish unification both north and south of the border in the south and expect them to be o

in a fall has dominated irish politics but this year things could be very different indeed shining fane there's a party on the political left of the spectrum has been making significant gains largely because in a gale has been accused of failing to live up to expectations when it comes to solving importantly critical issues here the housing crisis homelessness and also the soaring costs of child care to name a few the reality is that nobody can really cool the selection at this stage undoubtedly coalitions will be need to be formed but the question is who will partner up with who well for more on this i'm joined by a donica who's written extensively about irish politics he's director of research at dublin city university school of law thank you very much for joining us. looks very much as if the country could be heading towards something of a political shake up mean for ireland for shin fein to potentially have a foothold in government it will be transformational really because since the beginning of the state really for the last century irish politics has been a 2 horse race between fi

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continuing for a 2nd day in arlen's historic general election a surge in support for leftwing sheehan fane has put it ahead of the 2 dominant sense of right parties for the 1st time leader very limit on what has called it a revolution in irish politics no single party will win enough seats to form a government leaders from across africa have concluded 2 days of talks on high to bring security to the conference this year's african union summit focused on curbing regional violence so countries can embrace developments and pursue their economies after hours of meetings the a use peace and security council called on the international community to stop outside interference in the bia while this year's african union summit ended with a call on the international community to stop that interference in libya and curb regional violence we want this is to be fully respected. we want the u.n. embargoed all armaments to libya also to be strictly respected and 3rd we want an immediate cessation of all external interventions and interferences the libyan of. mama drama has been following the summit and ot

investigate the epidemic early results are in violence general election left wing nationalist partition fane is one of the most 1st preference votes syrian government forces of taking control of several villages in aleppo province part of a major offensive on the last trouble held areas activists say 17 people were killed by sprites and sunday. bangladeshis living in india tell al-jazeera they're under increasing threat of deportation many fear there's now a growing climate of hostility towards muslims after a new citizenship law came into force it gives priority to non muslim immigrants from neighboring countries bernard smith reports from the bangladeshi side of the border with india. along bangladeshis border with india people smuggling has suddenly become a booming business those orange lights are in india the traffic is all one way to bangladesh. they say they've been living over there for a long time but now there are problems there and they're being forced to leave sometimes smugglers are necessary. these are indian border force officers and in people over to their bangladeshi counter

chin fane is the left wing nationalist republican party previously regarded as the political wing of the paramilitary group the aisle ray now shedding those associations and remolding itself as a progressive alternative to states very important states and a state that the people are in charge and every single vote counts people have chosen to strike this campaign that they want change nonpolitical factors by also influence the outcome of this election is the 1st saturday poll since 1918 store winds are sweeping across from the west bringing gusts of 120 kilometers an hour slap bang in the middle of a polling day a major rugby international guard so scarce that it gave no it was a perilous morning i got a few jobs on and i got up there about 9 o'clock this morning and have you voted already i don't imagine that gave his more important vote and i'm sorry i can't believe that it was really. but it's important we've often counting of the ballots won't start until sunday morning and the most likely outcome of this election is a coalition government ition fein chooses to enter that coaliti

they have just been released and you can see that the result is extremely close. 2.4 percent of ocean fane have 22.3 percent and then the main opposition phina foyle on 22.2 percent so they are running neck and neck but of course i have been hearing it is quite a lengthy process and it will take some time before we get an accurate idea and just that bit more clarity on what government will take shape and what that government is going to look like on out the world health organization is sending an expert team to china next week to help beijing cope with the outbreak of the corona virus more than 720 people have been killed by the virus in china while over 34 and a half 1000 people and infected there was at least 288 cases in 24 other countries the w.h.o. says it's fighting not just the virus but also the spread of misinformation while the minus prejudice misinformation makes the job of our heroic cold workers even harder it's diverting the attention of decision makers and it causes confusion and spreads fear to the general public w.h.o. with not just monthly the virus we also battling the t

predicting a shift in power away from the 2 traditional parties towards left wing nationalist chine fane and i think you will be my number one they put housing and health care at the heart of their campaign they also want to referendum on irish unification with. in 5 years northern ireland's part of the u.k. during the conflict in northern ireland the party was regarded as the political wing of the republican paramilitary group the ira 3 and a half 1000 people died in the violence that ended 20 years ago she feigns has it's time to move on this is about the future you know if we keep continue to look in the past we'll get nowhere this is about the future to future generations and on the children today as to what kind of society what kind of contrie day will and can live and this is where it has been gaining ground poaching support from other political parties and attracting an entirely new generation of 1st time voters with promises to solve some of ireland's biggest problems health care housing and homelessness islands political landscape is changing no panties expected to win the elect

addiction or other individual problems these are critical issues that many people feel ignored and shame fane have basically put these issues at the heart of their campaign and it appears to have landed quite well for them thank you that that's need back of their lives from government. still ahead on al-jazeera silencing the guns in libya and the somehow the african union summit gets underway in ethiopia. and the skies are my billions of locusts free of the license from pakistan on the declaration of a national emergency. probably once again welcome so the tent the international full cost is still a summer a state the snow pushing through japan behind that this is actually largely dry temperatures not faring too badly in so 9 celsius beijing out around 12 place for the south the central areas of china could see some outbreaks of rain as we go through monday and that rain becoming a little more widespread by the time we come to choose day of that state japan clearing up more the way of sunshine coming through in tokyo getting into double figures talk temperatures then of around 11 degrees cels

predicting a shift away from the 2 main center right parties towards the left wing nationalist ssion fane party millions of indians are voting in delhi the regional election is seen as a test for the country's ruling be j.p. in weeks of often violent protests against a new citizenship law dozens of indians were killed and thousands detained 2 senior officials who testified in the impeachment trial against us president onil trump have been fired by him 48 hours after his acquittal. and lieutenant colonel alexander been criticised trumps handling of military aid to ukraine democratic party candidates hoping to secure the presidential nomination of held their latest t.v. debate in new hampshire before the primary there next week front runners feet british and bernie sanders faced a barrage of criticism and turkey's military says it will retaliate against any new attacks on its forces in northern syria comes after 8 turks were killed in shelling by the syrian government russian delegates are due to meet turkish officials shortly. and those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera af

decades but the ruling phin a gale and rivals phina foyle are both ruling it's a coalition with sion fane wife no 2 need barker who joins us from dublin ne of the exit polls were suggesting a 3 way tie was some marching from the vote counts. what's emerging more more questions to be shows about it we are at the main count here in dublin things that are taking very long indeed it is an arduous process because of the political system this employed here it's called the single transferable vote whereby voters get to rank in order of preference different candidates from different parties we've seen those that came top already counted now 2nd 3rd and subsequent places are also being counted and all of this will have an impact on the final result but it does mean that the ballot papers need to be counted multiple times so we may not have a definitive results and possibly until the start of the week but as you said those exit polls that came out on saturday evening gave a shock indication of the changing political landscape here in ireland a political landscape that for generations has been domin

predicting a shift in power away from the 2 traditional parties towards left wing nationalist chine fane i think you will be my number one they put housing and health care at the heart of their campaign they also want to referendum on irish unification within 5 years northern ireland's part of the u.k. during the conflict in northern ireland the party was regarded as the political wing of the republican paramilitary group the ira 3 and a half 1000 people died in the violence that ended 20 years ago she feigns has it's time to move on this is about the future you know if we keep continue to look in the past we'll get nowhere this is about the future to future generations and on the children today as to what kind of society what kind of contrie day will i can live and this is where it has been gaining ground poaching support from other political parties and attracting an entirely new generation of 1st time voters with promises to solve some of ireland's biggest problems health care housing and homelessness allen's political landscape is changing no panties expected to win the election outr

10 to 15 percent it marks a new escalation of a long running dispute between the world's 2 largest fane makers washington says even subsidies given rival everson unfair advantage. now iraqi women are defying a call by leading cleric to stop protesting alongside men knocked out outsiders calling for the segregation of men and women because of what he claims is nudity alcohol drinking and illegal drug taking. mixed sex anti-government rallies and has more from baghdad. iraqi women standing together but not standing alongside men this is how the leading shia cleric knocked out our solders says iraqis should protest against government corruption high unemployment and u.s. troops based in the slugger market or cider is not against women protesting but he is against some illegitimate acts that happen in the protest camps. us other says protests should be segregated he tweeted the demonstrations have become mired in nudity promiscuity drunkenness and drug use some of our solders female supporters on this march in baghdad sutter city a green national shattuck now feel we've been protesting sinc

just some kind of alternative to the status quo how would pray to him pave the way he behaved chin fane is the left wing nationalist republican party previously regarded as the political wing of the paramilitary group the ira now shedding those associations and remolding itself as a progressive alternative to chase very important states and a state that the people are in charge and every single post was people have told the straight this campaign that they want to change nonpolitical factors by also influence the outcome of this election is the 1st saturday poll since 1918 store winds are sweeping across from the west bringing gusts of 120 kilometers an hour slap bang in the middle of polling day a major rugby international guard so scarce that it gave no it was a perilous morning i got a few jobs on and i got up there about 9 o'clock this morning and have you voted already i know you're mad that game is more important vote and i'm sorry i can't believe that it is really. but it's a part we've often counting of the ballots won't start until sunday morning and the most likely outcome of