Today I saw pictures of election workers bringing ballot boxes to homes in remote villages and maternity hospitals in Russia. Certainly makes one wonder if this is about making sure everyone has a chance to vote. In any case, this is a pretty funny picture. I wonder if they are voting for two.

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Pregnant women cast their ballot papers in a maternity hospital in the western Siberian city of Kemerovo, December 2, 2007. Parliamentary elections began Sunday in Russia with 107 million people called to elect 450 members to the Duma.