Bullets and ballots. (election incidents in Albania)

Campaigns & Elections | October 1, 1997| | Copyright

If you think that election day is rough-and-tumble in places like Boston, Chicago, Newark and East Texas, check out Albania. American political consultant Gary Nordlinger did. Here's what he saw....

Village life in northern Albania seems little changed from 1,000 years ago. Marriages are commonly arranged by parents. Widows are expected to wear black their entire lives and never remarry. That is, unless her husband has a single brother who, in turn, has an obligation to marry her.

These days, lots of women in Albania wear black. And it was here I was assigned by ...

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