Election

It used to be when the election was over a person got a reprieve from the incessant political jabber until the next election started. Since the Florida debacle of 2000, it looks like we are going to have to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/10/20/build/nation/60-election-legal.inc" target="_blank">relive the whole election</a> afterwords.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Because of the Florida experience, armies of lawyers for both major parties are ready to fight over every issue in a tight election. </blockquote><br />n<br />nHow depressing. Fights after the election about who won.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>There's another danger to watch out for on Nov. 2, the report warns – a shortage of well-trained poll workers, who must deal with new technology and disputes over voter identification.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWell-trained poll workers? I would be happy with poll workers that can speak coherently and have the ability to read and write. That is exactly why I early vote myself. Visiting with the gal in charge of elections in my county, a old school chum, she told me it's the best she can find and that most people in my district early vote for that reason. I don't know what the solution is, maybe better pay for the election judges, but it does create problems.<br />n<br />n<b>Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence. Albert Edward Wiggam </b>