From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

I'd forgotten about the 'ballot proposals' thing .

I don't watch a lot of TV anymore so I don't see the election advertising
all that much (mind you, up here we don't see a lot of American advertising
anyway if we're on cable - God bless our CRTC....not!).

Thanks for the info, Rich

Doug

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:17:23 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>Yes - Federal, State and Municipal candidates are all on the ballot usually
>with a plethora of ballot proposals ( charter amendments, bonding etc )
>
>
>"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
>news:41324b97.7674148{at}news.barkto.com...
>> Aah....I had forgotten about the other candidates 
>>
>> Who else would be on the ballot?    I assume candidates for the House
>> and in some areas candidates for the Senate (they have 6-year terms
>> with one third coming up for election every two years, yes?).
>>
>> Are state and municipal elections run at the same time?
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:40:33 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>It would have been just not voting for president having no acceptable
>>>choice
>>>( I would still vote for anything else on the ballot ). It would be nice
>>>to
>>>have a category that says 'These candidates are unacceptable"
>>>
>>>
>>>"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
>>>news:412fad6c.7428299{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:15:28 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>> >
>>>> Silly question......by 'abstain' do you mean that you just won't
>>>> bother to vote, or is that something you can do at the
polling station
>>>> to reflect your displeasure with the choice of candidate?
>>>>
>>>> Up here in Canada (ceratinly in Ontario, at least) we have an option
>>>> called 'decline the ballot'.   You go to the polling station, accept
>>>> your ballot - we still use paper, btw - then 'decline' it.  Your
>>>> ballot then has to be recorded in that specific category. 
It at least
>>>> shows that you cared enough to go out and perform that action rather
>>>> than just staying home.
>>>>
>>>> doug
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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