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Subject: Re: Congress considering changes to Daylight Savings
Message-ID: <1987Nov13.213920.14998@sq.uucp>
Date: Fri, 13-Nov-87 21:39:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 13 21:39:20 1987
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[This is definitely off-topic for the group; redirect followups elsewhere!]

What *I* want to know is why the people operating the polls can't simply
be required to keep the counts confidential until the last poll has closed
in the last time zone.  Either seal and guard the ballot boxes / voting
machines, or seal and guard the room with the people in it.  Including
suitable security, of course.  Heck, you people in that little country
south of the border only HAVE 4 time zones -- so the longest time delay
would be 3 hours.  Is that so bad?

By the way, Canada has taken the other route -- here, broadcasting of
results from more easterly time zones is not allowed until the polls in
the broadcaster's zone have closed.  It doesn't seem an unreasonable
method to me...freedoms are not absolute...but I'd like the above better.

Mark Brader, Toronto			"Don't be silly -- send it to Canada"
utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com			     -- British postal worker