Well, I'm staying home.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Thats not many. You must have large towns, which is unusual for an original colony.

I grew up in Maryland, and I can attest to the lack of municipalities.  Most of PG County is not in any one municipality.  You have Bowie, College Park, Upper Marlboro Man, and maybe a few others.  But a vast majority of the real estate is just part of County, outside of any municipality.  Places are identified by the nearest post office (at one time I lived in "Michellville," which was not a municipality, but the name of the community where the post office was).

I think what sets Maryland apart from, say, New England is that most of the state was plantation at one point, with large land owners and no need for governmental divisions lower than the county level.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Better than Mondale, not Dukakis

You're a Cajun aren't you?
I've got a question: how come Dukakis did well in the Cajun part of Louisiana in 1988?

[Ben.]

Better than Mondale, not Dukakis

You're a Cajun aren't you?
I've got a question: how come Dukakis did well in the Cajun part of Louisiana in 1988?

Was he a catholic?... seems stupid but i supose it might have helped...

[Reaganfan]

I know how you feel.

But, actually voting in New York can increase the margin of victory in the popular vote. I know this does not do anything but I am still voiceing my opinion on November for Kerry and against Bush.

Do you really want to have a "President Kerry" in the White House during a time where Bush is doing the war so well? I don't.

[ElectionAtlas]

I encourage all of you to participate by voting in the election.  A couple of points:

- if you don't like either of the major candidates, vote for a minor candidate that you like better (there are always many).  Staying home is a terrible protest, because your lack of participation does not show up in the numbers.  Politicians tend to adopt popular 3rd party ideas (see Republicans in 1994 for example).

- In Nevada, you can always vote for "None of these Candidates"  

- write-ins are generally not counted anymore unless they are for a qualified write-in candidate (someone who filled out the paperwork ahead of time).  So writing in a name that hasn't qualified is akin to not voting at all.

[dunn]

- write-ins are generally not counted anymore unless they are for a qualified write-in candidate (someone who filled out the paperwork ahead of time).  So writing in a name that hasn't qualified is akin to not voting at all.

Theoreticlly speaking - if Bush gets 100,000 votes in a state, so does Kerry and there are 100,001 writes in for, say, Dave ( ), are you saying Dave is not the winner?

[dunn]

- write-ins are generally not counted anymore unless they are for a qualified write-in candidate (someone who filled out the paperwork ahead of time).  So writing in a name that hasn't qualified is akin to not voting at all.

Theoreticlly speaking - if Bush gets 100,000 votes in a state, so does Kerry and there are 100,001 writes in for, say, Dave ( ), are you saying Dave is not the winner?

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[minionofmidas]

- write-ins are generally not counted anymore unless they are for a qualified write-in candidate (someone who filled out the paperwork ahead of time).  So writing in a name that hasn't qualified is akin to not voting at all.

Theoreticlly speaking - if Bush gets 100,000 votes in a state, so does Kerry and there are 100,001 writes in for, say, Dave ( ), are you saying Dave is not the winner?

Depends on which Dave.

[dunn]

- write-ins are generally not counted anymore unless they are for a qualified write-in candidate (someone who filled out the paperwork ahead of time).  So writing in a name that hasn't qualified is akin to not voting at all.

Theoreticlly speaking - if Bush gets 100,000 votes in a state, so does Kerry and there are 100,001 writes in for, say, Dave ( ), are you saying Dave is not the winner?

Depends on which Dave.

lol