I think the US is about the only country that doesn't have elections on weekends.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/opinion/24ornstein.html?_r=1&oref=slogin It's also probably the only country that doesn't require a state ID to vote, notwithstanding recent state legislation requiring photo IDs (UK?). Europeans are shocked when they here that traditionally you can vote in the US without photo ID, and that if fact there is no govt photo ID. And in South America, alcohol sales are forbidden during the whole election weekend. ned Edward Blumenthal [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 03:32, Robert Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I understand it, in a number of countries in Europe: > > (1) Voting is compulsory. > (2) Elections are scheduled on weekends > (3) In Germany, paper ballots are still the norm, and votes are hand- > counted. I wouldn't be surprised if other countries in Europe had > similar attitudes toward electronic voting. > > I have no idea regarding IDs in Europe, but one relative of mine who > lives in LA and works on their elections board has noted a major > problem regarding names and IDs during elections: How do you handle > registrations for multiple persons (sorry for the bad grammar) who > have the same first and last name--biometrics? > > Also, slot machines in this country are more tightly regulated than is > the equipment used in elections. > > Think about the above. The last should especially scare the heck out > of you. > > *R. Levitt* > > On Nov 1, 10:38 am, "Robert Citek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As you should. But like with Open Source, it's nice to have the >> option. - Robert >> >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Mike Bigalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I plan on voting election day, and that's that. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
