It shouldn't be surprising then that this thinking persuaded TIME's board of editors to choose the physicist Albert Einstein over Adolf Hitler as the magazine's Person of the Century. Both characters impacted the world in astounding ways. But while Einstein was a force for good, Hitler was adjudged a force for evil. The compelling contrast of the majority and minority judgments and their fundamental kernels, in LEADERSHIP's opinion, became the defining moment of 2008. Public reaction - or rather an extreme lack of reaction - suggested that a strange judicial-political milestone had been crossed. It is pertinent to re-present the majority and minority judgments here. Justice Niki Tobi who read the lead judgement held: "In my view, the most important complaint in an election petition is the disenfranchisement of eligible voters who reported within the statutory time to cast their votes but could not for reasons of violation of the Electoral Act.
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