In 1978, a dozen years after "Taxman," California voters would adopt a statewide tax-cut ballot initiative that launched a wave of similar measures across the United States.
Between 2008 and 2016, the county cut its ballot-counting time nearly in half, from 16 hours to nine, Scarpello said.
Before the election, you'd cut out your ballot and mail it to the newspaper, which would make a prediction.
The amendments introduce direct election of the president in a "French-style" double ballot, cut the presidential term from seven years to five, permit a sitting president to be re-elected and space general elections every four years instead of every five.
TARAKAI, Afghanistan — A group of Taliban fighters made their announcement in the bazaar of a nearby village a few days ago, and the word spread fast: anyone caught voting in the presidential election will have his finger — the one inked for the ballot — cut off.
At about 100 precincts in the Orlando area, election workers had to use scissors to cut across flawed ballots before handing them to voters to enable electronic ballot readers to properly record votes, said Mary Cruz, administrative assistant in the Orange County Elections Office.
As the United States and Monaco were building support for their proposal, Libya and Iceland forced a secret ballot that cut off discussions.
* Would cut back early voting hours, ban Sunday balloting.
Mr. Gore's campaign expects those ballots to cut in its favor.
He said it appeared that the ballots were cut unevenly by the vendors who had printed them.
C1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A16-17 Editorials: Free trade begins at home; the time is wrong for tax cuts; that flurry of ballot questions; changing course (perhaps) on housing.
