[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Electronic votiing

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> My mother was very politically active in local council affairs (cf 
> States here) in the UK in the early '50s - she was also very left wing, 
> which did not rub off on me in my early years :)   What used to upset 
> her when door-knocking for support - it happens in the UK, but never 
> here - was to be confronted by a woman who would say: "I don't know 
> whether I can vote for you, my husband hasn't told me how to vote." 

...I might try that line next time someone doorknocks or phones to sell 
me something!

> Remember that when my mother was in her youth Emily Pankhurst was 
> chaining herself to railings.
> 
> Jan Whitaker wrote:
> 
>> At 10:39 AM 15/11/2006, Stewart Fist wrote:
>>
>>> I remember my mother being very proud of her independence in voting -
>>> without seeking any advice from Dad (and probably contrary to his 
>>> choice).
>>> In those days it was almost unknown for most women to express political
>>> viewpoints different from their husbands.
>>
>>
>> I think I'm a little too young to have encountered that, at least in 
>> the places I lived in the US. And nowadays it is quite common for the 
>> gender differences to be tracked. This recent election was the result 
>> of the female vote. You can see it in the marginal states where the 
>> Dems took over the Senate. I guess Dubya's snubbing of Cindy Sheehan 
>> was a mistake, ya think?
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
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