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...just look at them? Usually no one looks at undervoted ballots because there aren't enough of them to change the outcome. Because election officials so rarely examine them, they haven't set uniform standards for how to count them. Clashes occur when some counters say a mere dimple in a chad - even though the chad remains attached on all four sides - should be counted as a vote...
...types of ballots and voting systems can vary widely from county to county. Some areas, such as now-infamous Palm Beach County, still use punch-card systems from the mid-1970s, while others have long since switched to more reliable optical scanner technologies. A standard system will encourage uniform procedures and heighten confidence in the outcome should manual recounts again be necessary...
Overdue fines at Lamont and Widener Libraries double. starting Jan. 31, as part of a plan formulated by the University Library Council (ULC) that will impose a uniform loan and fine procedure on all the University's libraries...
Under the new regulations, the uniform fine at all libraries will be 50 cents per day on each 28-day loan, a $5 one-time fee per book on extended loans and a $2 per day fine on recalled material...
...restoration of democracy in 1990 were simply watching and waiting, and if presented with a distasteful political scenario they might once again demand the keys to the national palace and slaughter their political opponents. In other words, Chileans were not scared of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte himself; they feared his uniform and the power it signified, even after he'd given up wearing...