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

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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