Voting facilitation

It’s been so hard for me to figure out what to write about my experience facilitating voting in the 2013 Kosovo local elections. Maybe just to say that the democratic process is a messy business. Or that international actors are prone to communication failure in a complex environment. Or that the Great Game goes on and on… I wore a helmet and flak jacket. I learned how to set up a polling station and drive in long convoys. Our ambassador, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, a great gentleman (and fellow Tiger!) Fletcher Burton has been writing in his diary every day for almost 10 years, and he shared his gracious and measured perspective on the days leading up to and following the election.