...is normally done in the area in hich they live. The procedures for registering vary from state to state, and times past, the registration process has been used to discourage certain citizens from voting. After registering, the next step is public access to a ballot. For most voters, this means going to a polling place near their homes to cast a ballot. The states are responsible for the equipment used for voting, and so there is a variety of different machinery used for casting ballots. These include punched-card devices, level machines, and in step ith modern technology, devices such as touch-screens. After the polls have closed, the votes are counted late on election night so as not to influence the voting process prior to closing.Election 2004John Kerry, the democratic presidential candidate has referred to the election this year as the election of a lifetime. In many ays he is correct. Seldom has the United States been so deeply divided over an election as in this year. A survey taken by the Horation Alger Association of Distinguished Americans based in Alexandria, VA shoed that among teenagers, notorious for their lack of interest in politics, 7 out of 10 youths beteen 13 and 19 cared about ho on the election this year. Unlike previous elections, the economy, education and health care seem of less importance than the ar on terrorism and the safety and security of Americans. Given the inner takes it all position of all but three states for the allocation of the electoral votes, those states hich cannot be classified as being 100 for Bush or Kerry ill be critical to the outcome of the election.Examples of states that are sure to vote for a particular candidate are California and Ne York for Kerry and Texas for Bush. Sing states, so named because the outcome could sing either ay, are Nevada, Ioa and Missouri. Altogether eighteen states fall into this category, and these states are being ooed intensely by both candidates.1pqZiABOJaQJaJa5OJaQJaJa13qsisBit 1h à!ia8i8NormalCJsHaJmHsHtHNaNHeading 2ddiit5CJOJQJtaJAiDefault Paragraph FontZaPlain TextdditOJQJaDVDCtioitlimbitenglezatElections.doci
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