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Now , since I know many of you are wondering , Roshambo actually comes from the Old French word , R'eau Shambeaux , meaning " hand contest " and is said to have been invented by Frankish King Clovis I , who needed a method of deciding which regions he would conquer first . On election day , NDI will assist ET to field more than 11,000 volunteers from Nicaragua 's 17 departments and 153 municipalities to conduct a quick count of the presidential election , observe legislative races , and monitor the post-vote legal challenges process . The 1998 presidential election , while conducted under an improved election law , was also marred by serious fraud , which NDI pre-election and election statements documented . For his own good as well as that of pretty much everyone within a two-mile radius . With the assistance an in-country representative and international election experts , NDI helped Mirador Electoral monitor the conduct of election authorities , political parties and the media , track incidents of intimidation and coercion , and systematically evaluate the voting and counting process on election day . NDI is currently providing assistance and technical support to the Council of Representatives and to the executive branch , including holding orientation sessions and providing materials for members and staff on the roles and responsibilities in a democratic legislature . To help prepare civic groups for this new role , NDI hosted a summit meeting in Paraguay in 1995 with leading Latin American election monitoring groups . I look at that young officer teetering on the edge of what he hopes will be wedded bliss and I see myself less than a decade ago . On election day , thousands of volunteers monitored their assigned polling stations from the early morning opening to the evening vote tabulation .