Pejmanesque is where I saw it first. The article is here.

This report is heavily contradicting initial stories of “the most transparent ÄelectionÅ in modern Arab history.” Now that I think about that statement, it probably was more transparent than previous elections. But that doesn’t erase the mass fraud.

“This proves that what happened is very serious and it must not happen again,” said Dwaik, the commission’s deputy chairman. “These pressures and threats lessened the degree of the integrity of the election, even though overall it was free and fair.”

Serious indeed, when 46 members of your commission resign over it. Is anyone else beginning to think that the biggest problem for the new millenium is simply preventing voter fraud by corrupt governments?

UPDATE: Captain’s Quarters has the story and a lot of commentary as well. Seems he guessed right from the start.

UPDATE 2: Bloggledygook has got it too. This is a really big story.

Somebody call Jimmy Carter! What’s that you say? Jimma was there? Well, that explains it, doesn’t it?

Ouch!