A State Department spokesman said, belatedly, that the election featured serious irregularities and "politically motivated arrests".
The weeks before the election featured vociferous attacks in the strongly pro-government mainstream news media, in which Mr. Anwar, 65, was labeled a divisive, pro-American agent, while another senior opposition leader was rumored to be gay.
So Eggers assembled a panoply of partisan protest: 30 acts contributing 30 songs over the 30 days leading up to the election, featuring Death Cab For Cutie, Sun Kil Moon, REM, EL VY, Aimee Mann, Franz Ferdinand and a host of fellow disgruntlees.
The election featured low turnout, due to the unusual timing of in late June and the fact that the state is going through a heat wave.
The election featured a very close popular vote, that put Garfield out with a majority of less than ten thousand votes, with some sources putting it as low as 2,000 votes.
These conditions probably best describe the elections featuring the two George Bushes, in 1992 and 2004.
The year after the presidential election features three marquee races: New Jersey governor, New York City mayor, and Virginia governor.
The last 72 hours before the New York congressional election featured the withdrawal from the race of the Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, followed by her endorsement of the Democrat, Bill Owens.
Headlining the conference's roster are events including an address by the University of Chicago's president and a panel discussion on education and the 2012 election featuring some of the Republican presidential hopefuls.
Cable traffic on the wing-nut sites after the last election featured many writers and commenters musing about "going John Galt," withdrawing their genius and talents from the rest of us and leaving us to our own moocherly devices.
The 1824 election featured four candidates, all from the same party.
