One Hundred Years of Solitude

closing of the polls and Don
Apolinar Moscote sealed the
ballot box with a label
crossed by his signature. That
night, while he played
dominoes with Aureliano, he
ordered the sergeant to break
the seal in order to count the
votes. There were almost as
many red ballots as blue, but
the sergeant left only ten red
ones and made up the
difference with blue ones.
Then they sealed the box