Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > Anthony Towns <[email protected]> writes: > > > >> It's reasonably common in real life voting to limit campaigning in the > >> days before the actual election. > > > > Huh? In this country it's certainly not. > > In the US, campaigning is prohibited within 50 feet of a polling place on > election day, and no alcoholic beverages can be served on election day in > most states. Those are very small limits compared to other countries, but > they are intended as limits on abusive campaigining during the voting > period.
The details actually vary, but the point is that there is no *time-based* limitation. Indeed, campaigning is predictably heavy on the last few days and the day itself.
