OT: Voting History and Such

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch,

Oh silly me lol. Thanks for the links. Apparently the Aussies also invented

the Black Box but Qantas were not interested so it was taken overseas ,and

also the micro chip, which we sold very cheaply. Um!! does that say

something about Aussies lol

 

Virginia

 

 

At 10:09 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:

 

 

>Hey Virginia,

>

>This says the Aussies invented the first paper ballot .. not the first

>ballot box. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111300b.htm

>

>But this URL states that " The first use of paper ballots to conduct an

>election appears to have been in Rome in 139 BCE, and the first use of

>paper ballots in the United States was in 1629 to select a pastor for

>the Salem Church. " And that the first standardized paper ballot forms

[Guest guest]

Hey Virginia,

 

> Hi Merinda,

> Yes I feel the same way, and did you know Australia invented the ballot

> box lol

>

> Virginia

 

This says the Aussies invented the first paper ballot .. not the first

ballot box. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111300b.htm

 

But this URL states that " The first use of paper ballots to conduct an

election appears to have been in Rome in 139 BCE, and the first use of

paper ballots in the United States was in 1629 to select a pastor for

the Salem Church. " And that the first standardized paper ballot forms

were created in Australia in 1858. And the USA adopted that form of

voting in 1888. http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/

 

In any case .. the Aussies went down in history for improving the

system. ;-) Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch