"The truth is that I didn't mark my ballot for any of the candidates so my vote is null. I don't believe in this. I don't think that they are going to make anything better," said Orlando, a 53-year-old man leaving a polling station in Havana. He refused to give his last name for fear of reprisals, saying: "I only voted because I didn't want to give myself away."
So, fearing reprisals from Castro's goons, Orlando is afraid to give his name to the press. But at the same time, he is afraid not to vote because he could then be singled out for refusing to complying with the demands of election day. Now there's democracy in action.
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