[Magdalen] Election

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Same with me too Sibyl!
Lynn 

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On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

It's funny -- when I was a teenager, my parents did want me to know what factors were involved in elections, how one voted, a bit beyond what one gets in Civics classes, so they'd explain why one might or might not vote for this or that candidate.  But when I'd ask them how they _did_ vote, they'd refuse to tell me, saying that the secrecy of the ballot and the curtained booth were very important.  I'd usually have a pretty good idea how they'd voted, but they would _never_ tell me.

> On 2/10/16 1:46 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
> My mother was a poll reporter for ABC.
> 
> They hired respected locals, figuring they knew the folks voting and would
> be less likely to be lied to than people from out-of-state.
> 
> So it's a long-standing practice.
> -M
> 
>> On 2/9/2016 8:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> 
>>> OK, I don't get this. The polls in NH closed just half an hour ago, but
>>> they declared the winners at least ten minutes ago. And they just said only
>>> 14% of the vote is in. So how can they already be predicting the winner??


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