原先是混乱和一团糟，接着出现了其它两个关键因素。

It was chaotic and a mess, and then came two other key ingredients.

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由于登记混乱，选民名单被弄得一团糟。

Voter lists are in a mess thanks to chaotic registration.

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他们的观感当然是源自于他们确信：他们已经竭尽他们的权力所能来避免把事情搞得这样一团糟，不同于乞丐的脏乱——是非洲国家本身的混乱。

Their sentiment derived, of course, from a conviction that they had done all in their power to avoid making such a mess of things, unlike the beggars — the African countries themselves.

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