Monday, October 18, 2004, 11:26:38 PM, Robert Paul wrote: >>Balloting by mail is under way in Oregon, the only state in the nation that >>has RP> done away with polling booths altogether."< RP> It hasn't begun quite yet--the ballots were just sent out by the Secretary of RP> State's office on Friday. At least we're voting with paper ballots. Yes -- that's important; you'll have a paper trail. All-postal voting was tried on some local elections here. It probably won't be used again; there are persuasive allegations of semi-intimidation and fraud. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK 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