A Just and Lasting Peace by Adam Yoshida

Author:Adam Yoshida
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Yoshida Media Company
Published: 2014-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

The Race

Downtown Los Angeles, South California

The NBC camera crew began their assignment by filming shots of the lines that now extended around the block.

"...a handful of activists," explained the on-camera reporter, "have called for a general boycott of the voting today here in Los Angeles and across California on the grounds that they do not represent a genuine and fair election due to the fact that millions of residents of California who were granted the vote under the previous Administration have been denied it under the National Emergency Elections Act passed by the Congress in Colorado Springs this summer. Among other things, the NEEA declared the grants of citizenship made by the Bryan Administration after the impeachment proceedings and the disputed outcome of those proceedings to be illegitimate."

Shots of a group of around thirty protesters who had descended upon the polling stations set up near Pershing Square now filled the screens of the approximately thirty-two people who still watched what was left of the National Broadcasting Corporation's news broadcasts. Some of those viewers were stupid enough to be deceived into thinking that the crowd was much larger than it actually was due to the exclusive use of close-up shots by the NBC cameraman.

"And," said the anchor from Denver, where the portion of the old mainstream media that had survived was now largely based, "that isn't the only controversy about the election today. There have been calls for a boycott from other sources as well."

"That's right, Pedro," said the reporter, "the Governor-in-exile of California also issued a proclamation calling upon citizens of California to boycott the vote on the grounds that the partition of the state of California into the new states of North and South California is also illegitimate."

"Though that has been upheld by the Supreme Court," noted the anchor.

"Yes, well, speaking from Mexico City earlier today, Governor Juarez maintained that he doesn't recognize the authority of that court as it is presently constituted."

"But that doesn't appear to have stopped a lot of people from coming out to vote today," said the anchor.

"No, it hasn't. The polls heading into today show that South California is close. In fact, there have been three polls released over the last twenty-four hours and they show three different outcomes. One of them has the race as a dead tie, with the Acting President holding 47% of the vote and Senator Randall holding the same. One other shows Rickover with a 3% lead and the final poll shows Randall ahead by four. Given all of the changes between now and the last election, everyone agrees that the result here in South California will be impossible to predict until almost all of the votes are counted here tonight."

Tempe, Arizona

"Today we, the American people, have a chance to end this," Governor Robert Schmidt told the crowd as he returned to his home state as part of the Randall-Schmidt ticket's last-minute scramble to get out the vote, "today we have a chance to say no to the

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