Was watching CBC Newsworld and they said the people in certain areas of Ohio
had 34 different catagories to vote on. No freakin wonder it takes 5-10
minutes for each voter to complete his ballot and jamb up the lines. We
keep it simple up here. In federal elections, you vote for one candidate to
be a member of parliament from 3-5 choices. One voter...one X.
We know who has won by 2100 hrs Atlantic time each election.

In article ,
Don White wrote:


Was watching CBC Newsworld and they said the people in certain areas of Ohio
had 34 different catagories to vote on. No freakin wonder it takes 5-10
minutes for each voter to complete his ballot and jamb up the lines. We
keep it simple up here. In federal elections, you vote for one candidate to
be a member of parliament from 3-5 choices. One voter...one X.
We know who has won by 2100 hrs Atlantic time each election.

Presidential election years have, potentially...

1. The Presidental race
2. Your US House Race.
3. (Maybe) one of your two Senate races.
4. State house and senate races (maybe)
5. State governor's race (maybe)
6. Any local races, referrendum issues, etc.

We had about 20 categories on our ballot in my county in Florida, of which
about half were State Constitutional Amendments.

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"Karl Denninger" wrote in message
news:WCZhd.3778$ep3.1963@lakeread02...


Presidential election years have, potentially...

1. The Presidental race
2. Your US House Race.
3. (Maybe) one of your two Senate races.
4. State house and senate races (maybe)
5. State governor's race (maybe)
6. Any local races, referrendum issues, etc.

We had about 20 categories on our ballot in my county in Florida, of which
about half were State Constitutional Amendments.

--
An outsider might think an election process so important to the entire free
world would be kept simple. I believe one of the options on an Ohio ballot
was 'funding for a zoo'.
I an only remember two cases where we had a chance to vote directly on
issues and both were during municipal elections.
Our big controversy last month was...should we repeal the 'Lord's Day Act'
and allow shopping on Sunday.
Very polarized issue with the no side getting a narrow win.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:49:17 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Karl Denninger" wrote in message
news:WCZhd.3778$ep3.1963@lakeread02...


Presidential election years have, potentially...

1. The Presidental race
2. Your US House Race.
3. (Maybe) one of your two Senate races.
4. State house and senate races (maybe)
5. State governor's race (maybe)
6. Any local races, referrendum issues, etc.

We had about 20 categories on our ballot in my county in Florida, of which
about half were State Constitutional Amendments.

--
An outsider might think an election process so important to the entire free
world would be kept simple. I believe one of the options on an Ohio ballot
was 'funding for a zoo'.
I an only remember two cases where we had a chance to vote directly on
issues and both were during municipal elections.
Our big controversy last month was...should we repeal the 'Lord's Day Act'
and allow shopping on Sunday.
Very polarized issue with the no side getting a narrow win.

Would you believe that this great bastion of Democratic Puritan angst,
the great Nutmeg State, land of the Charter Oak Connecticut that you
will can't sell alcohol on Sunday?

Amazing. :)

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
Would you believe that this great bastion of Democratic Puritan angst,
the great Nutmeg State, land of the Charter Oak Connecticut that you
will can't sell alcohol on Sunday?

Amazing. :)

All the best,

Tom

Gives the 'bootleggers' a chance to make a living.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:49:17 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Karl Denninger" wrote in message
news:WCZhd.3778$ep3.1963@lakeread02...


Presidential election years have, potentially...

1. The Presidental race
2. Your US House Race.
3. (Maybe) one of your two Senate races.
4. State house and senate races (maybe)
5. State governor's race (maybe)
6. Any local races, referrendum issues, etc.

We had about 20 categories on our ballot in my county in Florida, of which
about half were State Constitutional Amendments.

--

An outsider might think an election process so important to the entire free
world would be kept simple. I believe one of the options on an Ohio ballot
was 'funding for a zoo'.
I an only remember two cases where we had a chance to vote directly on
issues and both were during municipal elections.
Our big controversy last month was...should we repeal the 'Lord's Day Act'
and allow shopping on Sunday.
Very polarized issue with the no side getting a narrow win.


Would you believe that this great bastion of Democratic Puritan angst,
the great Nutmeg State, land of the Charter Oak Connecticut that you
will can't sell alcohol on Sunday?

Amazing. :)

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004


To quote some obscure politician, "Hope is on the way". MA finally
repealed the Sunday Blue Laws, so now we can get drunk 7 days a week.

Eisboch

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Was watching CBC Newsworld and they said the people in certain areas of
Ohio
had 34 different catagories to vote on. No freakin wonder it takes 5-10
minutes for each voter to complete his ballot and jamb up the lines. We
keep it simple up here.

Hmmmm.....pretty evident why you keep it *simple*. ;-)

"JimH" wrote in message
...


Hmmmm.....pretty evident why you keep it *simple*. ;-)


We could be livin' the 'simple life' up here, but don't forget...we have a
10th of the population spread over a bigger area and only a small fraction
of the resources to support our system. We very seldom have 'counting'
problems, except for the yahoo in my province who tossed the ballot box in
a local river a while back

"Don White" wrote in message news:2tZhd.170564

We know who has won by 2100 hrs Atlantic time each election.


And the outcome couldn't possibly be any less significant to the entire rest
of the world.