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The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sundays municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent.
Neculai Ivascu, 57, who ran the village for almost two decades, died from liver disease just after voting began but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.
A local official said the authorities decided to keep the poll open in case Ivascus opponent, Gheorghe Dobrescu, won, avoiding the need for a re-run.
I know he died, but I dont want change, a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian television.
In the end, election authorities gave the post to the runner-up, but some villagers and Ivascus party, the powerful opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD), have called for a new vote.
~ Reuters
Rich::
Neculai Ivascu, 57, who ran the village for almost two decades, died from liver disease just after voting began but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.
A local official said the authorities decided to keep the poll open in case Ivascus opponent, Gheorghe Dobrescu, won, avoiding the need for a re-run.
I know he died, but I dont want change, a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian television.
In the end, election authorities gave the post to the runner-up, but some villagers and Ivascus party, the powerful opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD), have called for a new vote.
~ Reuters
Rich::
