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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (55704)	11/2/2004 1:10:18 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I've been getting a headache over this: In 2002, there were 128 million eligible voters; in other words, registered. Since that time, 10 million or more have registered to vote. If 128 million vote this time, then that's 92% of eligible voters. Isn't that right?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (55704)	11/2/2004 1:14:45 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

People are so pumped up about this election, they're voting from outer space: Astronaut is first to vote for president from space: 'Every vote does count' MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer Tuesday, November 2, 2004 (11-02) 08:48 PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- With a quick computer key stroke, space station astronaut Leroy Chiao became the first American to vote for president from space, casting an encrypted ballot via e-mail and urging fellow countrymen to go to the polls Tuesday. "It was just a small thing for me, but it is important symbolically to show that every vote does count," Chiao said from the international space station a few hours after the polls opened 225 miles below. Chiao, 44, sent in his ballot Sunday night -- "Halloween night and maybe that's kind of appropriate." "I thought long and hard about it over the weekend, made my final decision and Sunday night went ahead and cast the ballot and pushed the send button," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It was a neat moment." sfgate.com