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To: Canadian Outrage

If they want to do this right, they should have the polls close across the country at generally the same time. The way it's being done now clearly has loopholes that people can pick up on. The law was made with good intentions, but this isn't 20 years ago. It works in principle, but it cannot work in application in the internet age.


627 posted on 01/23/2006 5:23:40 PM PST by GiveEmDubya
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To: GiveEmDubya
20 years ago? The law was put in place in the 1930s. It was just applied to the Internet this year - they didn't do this in 2004. From what I remember, they actually brought someone up on criminal charges, believe it or not. He won at trial and lost on appeal. He's appealing the appeal.
630 posted on 01/23/2006 5:25:28 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: GiveEmDubya

They do have the polls open and close at roughly the same time. There's a 4.5 hour gap between B.C. and Newfoundland, there's only so much you can do to keep things open evenly. So polls opened late in the morning in the Maritimes and closed lated, like at 8 or 8:30, while they opened at 7 in B.C. and close at 7 local time.

Simultaneous closings would mean either closing too early on the West Coast for people to go after work or keeping the polls open on the east coast until a ridiculously late hour.


631 posted on 01/23/2006 5:25:45 PM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: GiveEmDubya

They've moved in that direction starting with the 2004 election but with a 4 1/2 hour spread you can only do so much. Everything from Québec to Alberta closes at the same time with BC closing 30 minutes later.


687 posted on 01/23/2006 5:40:43 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (We Acadiens have nothing to do with Québec)
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