At 08:11 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
>And I love elections. It's >nearly as good as sport (and almost as important too ;) ). You got that right ! :P > > NON-Smart-Aleck Corollary 2.1 being that many people wonder why > > anyone is allowed to release any results as long as any of the polls > > on the west coast (UTC-8) or in AK (UTC-9) or HI (UTC-10) are still > > open in acknowledgement of the possibility that people who haven't > > voted may change their minds after hearing results from other parts > > of the country which suggest that the candidate or party they are > > planning to vote for is either winning or losing . . . > >This is a good point. Or at least, have the polls close closer >together, Of course the problem with that is that the country is spread out over 5 time zones, so when the polls open at 7 AM in the east for people to vote before they go to work it would be 2 AM in Hawaii, and when they close at 7 PM in the east for people to vote after work it would be only 2 PM in Hawaii and people there who work 8 to 5 would still be at work, or if they stayed open until 7 PM in Hawaii that would be midnight on the east coast, by which time last night the concession speech was over and the acceptance speech begun . . . . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
