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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos+Nov 2 2004, 11:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RougeUnderoos @ Nov 2 2004, 11:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Snakeeye@Nov 2 2004, 04:49 PM
It always amazes me how the Americans have so many problems despite advanced voting technology, while we rarely have issues with simply marking an X beside our candidate using a paper ballot and a pencil.
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In some states the people are voting for like 30 different things so that complicates the hell out of it I guess.
In Montana they are voting for stuff like "allocate money to control noxious weeds" and "allow open pit gold mining" and gas taxes and medical marijuana and on and on. They also elect a whole bunch of people that get appointed here like Sherrif and DAs and stuff like that.
Quite the ordeal I guess. [/b][/quote]
Yep.
It would probably be a lot easier if they split some of those votes up. No reason to have to vote for Governor, Rep., maybe Senator, and President all in one day. Some municpalities also coincide, sherriffs, judges, etc., etc.
Its insane. If there are huge issues w/ the way this is done, they should cure the disease (too many freaking things to vote on at once) instead of the symptoms (people bitching because they feel they're votes aren't counting). I don't recall any real scandals in recent Canadian voting history, and we do it pretty half-assed low-tech.
My two cents anyway.