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poem21045
Tribunus Plebis
Then you should have goats for milk. They're easier to keep, and, for the most part, eschew discussions on politics or philosophy.
connoisseurs
Senator
Though I like beef in a lot of variations and I like milk and dairy goods, I will try to steer the topic back to the Thread titel
Migoz2
Senator
A rebel leader like you, Barb, is not easily cowedGIGGLE SNORT
Are you guys trying to make me have a cow laughing???
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
CF constantly challenges our imagination, keeping our brain young and active!GIGGLE SNORT
Are you guys trying to make me have a cow laughing???
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montycrusto
Guest
Apparently there’s a little election-thingummy-jig going on in the USA.. thoughts and best wishes to all American members (however you vote) from this Americanophile European
Apparently there’s a little election-thingummy-jig going on in the USA.. thoughts and best wishes to all American members (however you vote) from this Americanophile European
Such wishes are appreciated!
poem21045
Tribunus Plebis
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
Winston Churchill
over the hopelessly divided is more apt
Giggle snort ... sad but true ... American exceptionalism, but guess who we got it from
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montycrusto
Guest
China?guess who we got it from
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
There have been times, I still recall them, they were called 'The Twentieth Century',when probably the last horsemen of the Pony Express and the last stagecoaches of Wells & Fargo were still crossing The Great Plains. When voting was something you did with pencil and paper. 'Digital age?' The word did not even exist!
Those days, things went as follows :
Tuesday : Election Day in the US.
Wednesday, the day after, around midday, GMT : we knew who would be the most powerful man in the world for the next four years!
Today, The Digital Age : "Hang on folks, it could take a few weeks before we get the final result!"
Do we still wonder, how a minute venom like Corona can get the whole world down?
Those days, things went as follows :
Tuesday : Election Day in the US.
Wednesday, the day after, around midday, GMT : we knew who would be the most powerful man in the world for the next four years!
Today, The Digital Age : "Hang on folks, it could take a few weeks before we get the final result!"
Do we still wonder, how a minute venom like Corona can get the whole world down?
old slave
FELIS RESPICIENS
It still is in UK. The pencil is tied to the voting booth with a length of string. An army of tellers count, an army of scrutineers (party members) watch, the count goes down to one vote, and the Returning Officer has a coin in his/her pocket just in case. All open and transparent, the only holdups are when a boat from a remote island is stranded due to gales. There never seems to be a problem.
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montycrusto
Guest
And we always have joke candidates like Lord Buckethead and Mr Fish Finger
..and yes I can confirm the pencil-on-a-string thing. Occasionally you hear someone going Scribble Scribble Scribble .. obviously spoiling their ballot paper (and blunting the pencil).. I suppose they are writing something like “DISENFRANCHISED MONSTER RAVING LOONEY VOTER”..or drawing a rude cartoon of Boris Johnson shagging a farm animal
This is how we do Canadian elections as well. Additionally, we have Elections Canada, a non-partisan, arms-length agency which oversees the election process for all federal elections.
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montycrusto
Guest
I suppose a pencil and a piece of string might be useful if one is having trouble with erections instead of elections.. 
As do we, the Australian Electoral Commission
Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is responsible for providing the Australian people with an independent electoral service which meets their needs and encourages them to understand and participate in the electoral process.
and voting in Federal elections is carried out the same way across the country, no weird and wonderful local variations on methods or eligibility or polling stations etc
How hard can it be?