And as I understand it, there's a limit to the amount of pounds a candidate and his cronies may spend on the campaign. Fed up with it all. Oh, November 3, when will you ever come, William Ball Norma Ball=20 -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy Evans Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:59 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Vote! Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 7:18:20 PM, Paul Stone wrote: PS> Wouldn't it be neat to have an election that DOESN'T have 4 years of leadup PS> to it? ours has no fixed date -- the term is a maximum -- so in theory, campaigning begins when the date's announced. It is a bit less tiring that the US one! Here polls don't seem to affect the vote -- at least, not in any one way. --=20 Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK =20 mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html