Word: voters
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This time, says Michael McCracken, president of Informetrica, an Ottawa- based economic-research firm, "the Canadian voter took a leap of faith, opting for trade liberalization and to move against an inward-looking, anti- American approach to the economy." In effect Mulroney's victory amounted to an affirmation that Canada's identity and sovereignty are sturdy enough to survive a closer economic embrace with its best friend and neighbor...
Observers from both sides yesterday said fewproblems arose in counting the ballots. However,Thomure said she had noted numerous irregularitiesand cited one case in which a voter punched hisballot, voting for Thompson, and then wrote on itthat he had made a mistake...
...think that shows a certain amount ofdesperation on the part of the voter," saidThomure...
...Time & Life Building in New York City, was broadcast live over the C-SPAN network last Thursday evening. Though the show was genuine, the election was not: the ballots were cast by more than 3 million students and their parents around the country and abroad in the largest voter-education project ever, sponsored principally by TIME...
This procedure would not supplant the other elements of presidential campaigns -- the TV debates, the local appearances, the sound bites. Rather, it would add to the campaign another component designed to allow the discerning voter to gauge what policies the candidate would pursue...