there's an interesting piece in the nytimes today about the afghan elections, where teachers of democracy are explaining how to vote in secret:

"Suppose you are faced with a commander or very rich person and he wants you to vote for the person he wants," Muhammad Eklil, a civic educator, tells them. "You can tell him 'O.K.,' but when you go to vote, no one can see what you do, and when you come out, he will not know who you voted for. Secret voting and democracy, this is it."

imagine if thousands of democrats were to say they were voting for bush, and then suddenly at the polls vote according to their hearts.