The elections in my country is set for August 28th.
Recently in the Newspaper, GECOM ( Guyana Elections Comminssion)has been asking for volunteers to "observe the elections." What they, mean...when you read through the details, is that they would like people from different communities to be on the watch for any violence and notify them when it starts.
We always have violence around elections time. I'm old enough to only remeber two. In both of them, there was looting, people setting fires, lots of protesting againt something or the other, people didn't want to get out of their houses because of what was going on in the streets and lots of shops and most market stalls were closed.
I was told it was more chaotic in the 1960's.
My country has six races and lots and lots of mixed people. Around elections though the Africans and Indians tend to separate. It's really very sad.
It's told that a lot of people, especially Indians vote racially. I once saw on a television program, and Indian lady complaining about the government and how they're no good, they're currupt, they mae promises that they don't keep, the country's going backward....
So the man interviewing her asked why he still wants to vote for them, she said "I don't want no black man run we"
There's a new party whose motto is "Vote Change not Race"
Good luck to them.

Personally I believe that our county needs to get rid of he two major parties. People complain about life under the governanace of both so it's proof that neither are all that good, and most of the violence which goes on during election time is because of one party's supporters wanting to hurt the others.

Thn there's the violnce after the election when supporters of the loosing parties start to riot and protest and loot and shoot...