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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (16911)	5/11/2005 8:56:41 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 20773

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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (16911)	5/15/2005 9:40:41 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I waited until it was apparent that any attempts to answer the trivia question were in. There may have been a few adjustments since you found 24,241 [Current count is 24,429; 58.9%] District of Sedgefield. The other two submittals had some truth about them that was worthwhile but you got the brass ring. Not shabby for holding on to PM, a mere 24K votes and only from your home district is a winner. There's only a few things about our system that I'd like to toss out. 1)Electoral college. It's obsolete. 2) Gerrymandering, the Brits have their voting district lines drawn by a non-partisan group; I never heard anyone complain about how the lines were drawn, 3)Two-Party system. While technically, we allow other parties to participate, the rules are so rigged by the two parties and the two parties control the vast percentage of funds used for propaganda, that it's effectively a two-party system. With the party in power having too much power. I'd rather see a system where more parties are significantly represented to force more cooperation. jttmab