h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I apologize for getting your gender wrong, Mikey the Humming Mouse. I have a girl-cousin named Micky, but some ambiguously gendered names seldom occur to me. This is my fault.



Here are some snicketies I'd have normally left for the Sub-Editor, but now am mentioning because of the announcement ending Petunia:

In the section Voting Precincts:

mater->matter

poling->polling

In the section Campaign Season First:

State, County on->State, County or

As FloridaSailor included some Unitedstatian election terms and slang in other parts of the article, perhaps he might find it interesting to include the term 'mudslinging' here.

In the section General Election:

FloridaSailor mentions television. Certain news websites have gotten better at accurate and timely updating of information, and in any case, they tend to cover more races as you can read them at your leisure, as opposed to TV/Radio where you must listen in a linear fashion to whatever is presented. They are likely the only place you'll find the results for State referendums and obscure offices that nobody (but you, the reader) care about on election day.

In the section Actual Voting Process:
voted->vote

either vote, Unless->vote. Unless
or vote, Unless->vote, unless

depending on your intention and meaning.

d'Elaphant (and Zeppo, his dog)

>My 2¢ - the first paragraph saying "on even numbered years" colored the rest of the article for me, and I certainly did not see the rest of that paragraph or the article as a whole as clarifying a point that is just patently incorrect. In fact it was difficult for me to read the rest of the article seriously, seeing as it opens with a confusing and misleading statement.

Here in NJ we have elections every year. There is no differentiation between odd and even numbered years (although they are often referred to by the press as "off-year elections"), and some very important votes come in the odd-numbered years, including state governor. The same is true in many states.

I suggest dropping the "on even numbered years" unless you really want people to have the same reaction as I did. Or you have to grant Mikey's point and say that this article applies in particular to federal elections.<

If I drop the "on even numbered years" it makes the statement false as many states do not hold "off year elections" however the whole point of the paragraph is that the U.S. has regularly scheduled elections as opposed to other systems where a vote can be called at almost any time with a "vote of no confidence". I'm sorry if it still confuses you but I have already rewritten this part in light of Mikey's comment that this does only apply as a rule to federal elections. I also added your off-year elections in the section of state offices.

>Here are some snicketies I'd have normally left for the Sub-Editor, but now am mentioning because of the announcement ending Petunia:<

Thanks, I think I got them all.


>As FloridaSailor included some Unitedstatian election terms and slang in other parts of the article, perhaps he might find it interesting to include the term 'mudslinging' here.<

Good thought - added.

>FloridaSailor mentions television. Certain news websites have gotten better at accurate and timely updating of information, and in any case, they tend to cover more races as you can read them at your leisure, as opposed to TV/Radio where you must listen in a linear fashion to whatever is presented. They are likely the only place you'll find the results for State referendums and obscure offices that nobody (but you, the reader) care about on election day.<

In my area the local tv covers 5 counties and literally dozens of cities and towns. The tend to run a sidebar or crawler on election results, highlighting the major races. You do have to pay attention to see your race but they all tend to get on. Did add a mention for websites

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Hi FloridaSailor and all,

apologies for taking so long, but finally I've found some time to subedit this fine entry. It is located at A1304993. If you spot anything that needs attention, please drop me a note.

SchrEck Inc.

Very good job again SchrEck,


In the section "The Actual Voting Process"

>You will the be given a ballot or magnetic card and directed to a voting area.<

Should read

You will then be given a ballot or magnetic card and directed to a voting area.

My mistake

Footnote #10

>10 Presidential races must be certified by a date certain, therefore there is not enough time a special election.<

Should read

10 Presidential races must be certified by a date certain, therefore there is not enough time for a special election.

My mistake again.



F S

Done.

I lived in the States for three years and there is an interesting contradiction on the issue of Voting Rights. At the time of the Boston Tea Party, what really ticked off the Yankees at that time was the fact that they were paying taxes back to England without having any say in their own government as there was a governor acting as the Crown in the American Colonies. The slogan which everybody knows from that era was "No Taxation without Representation". This of course was not adopted by the founding fathers, if you work in the US you pay taxes - but to vote you have to be a citizen. As an alien I could vote on agenda points within the County but that was all. So for example the County in which I lived (New Castle, Delaware) wanted to raise the Education budget to pay for a teacher's payrise and needed to take a referendum of the voters as this was not a planned increase and I was entitled to vote for this - but not for any other elections.

Interesting, as I state in the article voting rules vary greatly from place to place. I know they used to have referendums where only property owners could vote on property tax issues. These were eliminated as part of the equal rights area of the civil rights laws.

If you don't mind my asking what year was this?

F S

It was in 1990

Interesting, I knew such voting existed. I wish this had been brought up while still in Peer Review. A little research showed me this link;

http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2001-March/001194.html

If it is not too late I suggest we add the following paragraph at the end of the Voter Registration section.


Some city and county governments allow legal resident aliens to vote in some of their local elections. This is not a universal right. The idea behind this is to allow everyone to have a say in personal matters such as local taxes and education. Even in these places they are restricted to a special ballot that lists only those issues or candidates the local authority allow and do not effect any area outside their jurisdiction.


F S

Hey FloridaSailor,

unfortunately I already returned the entry, which means that I'm no longer able to do the change myself. I'll try and alert the Editors though, so that the new para could be added in-house.

SchrEck Inc.

Thanks.
If they can add it that would be great. It is nothing that is required as it only effects limited areas, but it is interesting.

F S