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As emperor of Ethiopia (1930–74), Haile Selassie I was known for modernizing his country, for helping to establish the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) in 1963, for his exile (1936–41), and for being overthrown in 1974. He was also regarded as the messiah of the African race by many Rastas.
A vote for a third party is called a throw away vote because in most cases, out of the parties participating in an electoral process, two parties are usually the bigger ones, and the smaller third party rarely gets any votes, and rarely wins a seat or an election.