In Afghanistan's rugged Panjshir Valley, this is how elections are done.<br/> <br />Donkeys...to deliver ballots and voting boxes to the country's most inaccessible areas.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) GULBODEN KHAN, RESIDENT OF SHUTUL DISTRICT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's four to five hours by foot and there's no transportation because of the snow, so we eagerly came here to distribute all these materials to our district."<br/> <br />One the eve of election day - they're choosing a new president on Saturday - some 3,000 donkeys are being deployed across the country.<br/> <br />These men volunteered their own donkeys for the job.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) GULAB UDDIN, WORKER FROM INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC), SAYING:<br/> <br />"The residents have a huge concern for their vote and an interest in election day. They presented themselves here to deliver the ballot boxes to the remote areas of their district."<br/> <br />Saturday's election is the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan's violent history.
