In the absence of any serious contenders, huge swathes of the constituency could choose to ignore the election and turnout is expected to fall below 50%.
"It is a serious, a huge violation," said Charles Willick, whose 6-year-old daughter was one of the students, all readily identifiable, in the video.
In addition to deaths and serious wounds, huge numbers of soldiers were falling victim to "combat exhaustion," also known as "shell shock".
"A few days ago there was a huge, serious, massive terrorist attack.
That would cause serious injuries and huge economic losses, he said.
Relief efforts are facing serious obstacles as huge numbers of survivors grow desperate for food, water, medical care and shelter.
Although this is an obviously serious situation with huge social and economic implications, it wouldn't be New Orleans without at least a glimmer of gallows humour.
In combination with ongoing warrantless wiretapping programmes and the construction of a gargantuan data storage facility in Bluffdale, Utah it seems the US government is serious about amassing huge amounts of information on its citizen's digital activities.
"You never really understand things until you're there, but I've seen the man in action and he has clearly made a huge, serious, emotional life commitment to this particular theatre and all that it stands for," she said.
"His mistake is to have declared Germany to be his main opponent, even though the biggest critics are elsewhere," wrote Michael Sauga in Der Spiegel, "such as Portugal, which dealt with similarly serious reforms without huge protest.
