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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7603)11/10/2000 2:05:53 PM
From: Dave B  Read Replies (2) of 30051
 
Zeev,

I think that 20,000 is the minimum, since 20,000 ballots were disqualified due to double "punching".

Thanks for the clarification. Apparently that lays to rest the "it's too confusing" argument since these voters figured out that they had punched the incorrect selection before they left the voting booth.

Apparently we just need to educate voters that you're only allowed to vote for one candidate <G>. I'd have thought that would be obvious, but maybe it's not. Maybe we just need big signs at voting places that say "IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, PLEASE TURN IN THE MISTAKEN BALLOT AND GET A NEW ONE".

p.s. FWIW I've always thought that Californians should be required to answer a few basic questions about our Propositions before being allowed to vote on them to ensure that they have some clue of what they're voting for.

As for financial matters, I'm mostly sitting on a bunch of SSTI, but I'm not confident enough to trade right now.

Dave

Another election p.s. - CNN just had a "man on the street" interview with New Yorkers. Many of them apparently said that the ballot appeared to be confusing, but virtually all of them pointed to the right spot when asked how they'd vote for Gore.
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