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To: tejek who wrote (125752)	10/10/2000 11:28:42 PM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1589112

OT Ted: Latest CNN poll has Gore narrowing the Bush lead again into the margin of error.. \http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/10/tracking.poll/index.html ABC poll had Gore up by 1.. this and other polls show tremendous voter volatility and a tight race.. I dont normally watch the US election because I find them boring and the race declared over after 1/2 an hour.. but this one could go down to the last western state By the way.. do you guys in the US have regional blackouts in the different time zones until the polls close? We have such a law up here.. in past years, one party often had a majority government in the parliamentary elections before even getting out of Ontario, leasing rise to the complaints that it made the election redundant and discouraged voter turnout in the Western provinces.. this law seems to have worked well in that regard. its kind of neat actually.. the polls close at 8 pm here in Ontario during a national election and we turn on one of the national broadcasters at 8 pm local time and you hear "well folks.. the maritime provinces have spoken with their vote since the polls closed an hr ago.." and then your local results dribble in.. an hour later, the central time zone provinces join the national network etc.. and so on til they reach the pacific time zone and BC. It keeps the people interested in voting and from not voting because of their perception of the election already being decided back east.