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Bear down under Donating Member (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 06:04 AM
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4. We do it in Australia
--pencil on paper ballots -- but then we have a population a tenth the size of yours. And a system as watertight as we can make it that keeps anyone affiliated to any political party from getting within touching distance of them. The downside of course is that in a closely-called seat it can take nearly a fortnight to get the final result. There has been some talk of introducing electronic machines ("to make elections faster and cheaper") but the idea is the reverse of popular.
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