On Thursday 01 June 2006 11:09, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > That's typical in elections except ties, and not surprising nobody > > bothered or wanted to check for absentee ballots. This is one of the two > > problems Oregon eliminated by going to vote by mail. > > So, all voting is done by mail? That's different.
Yup. That's why Oregon has been consistently 49th to certify in federal elections since we abolished the voting booth in the special election ending on March 9, 2000[1]. It takes longer since we bring the elections to the people instead of the other way around. [1] Special elections were always vote by mail. You can register to vote for any election you will be 18 years or older on the last day of. I (legally) voted to abolish the voting booth when I was 17, as I turned 18 the day before the election ended. Good thing, too... November 2000 was the largest ballot ever issued in Oregon, weighing several pounds when it arrived, spanning two punched cards and three voter's pamphlets, that when stacked, was about as thick as the Metro Portland yellow pages (which, at the time, was *two* average-sized phone books). It took me all weekend to vote in that election, usually it only takes me about four hours or so. Would been faster and cheaper if the Oregon Republicans didn't keep asking for recounts on a couple state congressmen, and in a presidential election that ultimately didn't matter in the least once the SCOTUS decided to declare the final national tally as 5 votes Bush, 4 votes Gore; and if Bill Sizemore[2] and Lon Mabon[3] would learn that anything they put their name to on the ballot has and will always fail by wide margins consistently... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sizemore [3] Wikipedia strangely lacks an entry for him, probably because it is impossible to write anything about the man from a NPOV. Long story short, he's a homophobic womanizer that keeps floating initiatives to restrict or abolish rights of women, the GLBT community, and minorities. Ironically, he is currently in the process of changing genders and expects to run as Lynn Mabon for governor this November. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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