"I'd be curious to know how they already knew the results before anyone >had time to actually count ballots"
Two words: Time Zones. Liberals pretty much swept the Atlantic provinces. By the time the polls closed in Eastern time zones (Ontario and Quebec) it was all over. The only thing to consider was whether Pierre Jr. was going to have his majority. Took about another hour to confirm that... Cheers, frank On October 20, 2015 9:20:52 AM EDT, John <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10/19/2015 11:31 PM, knarf wrote: >> Okay, now that I got your attention, it's really a post about >> elections. >> >> We in the Great White North just had one. It was the longest election >> campaign in our country's history: three months. >> >> The news guys declared the winner about 6 minutes after the polls >> closed, and declared a majority government an hour after polls >> closed. >> >> Living in Canada has its advantages. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> > >I'd be curious to know how they already knew the results before anyone >had time to actually count ballots? -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
