Yes, I hope that those in the world aspiring to democracy notice the
"first Tuesday in November" part of this. It's important, in learning
how to hold elections, to learn how to suppress the vote. Hold elections
on work days (that will keep lots of folks from voting, particularly
those who need to work for their livings), and hold them in some month
when there's a good chance of bad weather (November's good for
that in these latitudes). Also, it helps to make sure that polls in most
of the country close well before polls in the rest of the country. I
mean,
who wants to vote after the election's already more or less decided
(except, of course, for destroying absentee ballots that aren't
likely to
do the powers that be much good).
Hal
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obscures vision."
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On Nov 7, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> Every first Tuesday in November since 1976, I ask myself "I left
> Binghamton, NY for THIS?"
>
> Ken
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