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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]
There are actually noxious weed control departments in Montana....at least where I'm from there are. It's a big deal to Montanans I guess.
I was trying to count, but didn't do it completely. I would estimate I voted on 30 issues/races today.
Many of the races were uncontested. Mostly judges. I think there were 2 races out of about a dozen that had two candidates. We had the Pres/Senate/House which were all contested...as was Sherrif, the afforementioned couple of judges.
Then we had a state school board seat (uncontested), only 1 ballot issue (arena), 5 Supreme Court judges that you could either retain or vote to oust.
So despite voting on about 30 things, there were really only a handful that meant anything at all.