Word: embark
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Britons do not use voting machines. On election day, the polls are opened at 7 a.m., closed at 9 p.m. When the polls close, the sealed ballot boxes are removed to a central "counting room" in the constituency, opened and emptied; it is then that the election officials embark on a procedure that would baffle U.S. politicians. British law requires that the ballots from all the polling places in the constituency be mixed on a large counting table before the count is begun. This makes it impossible to get a breakdown of the vote by districts. The returning officer declares...