From: bwr607@hotmail.com 
  
 Penny Gaines  wrote in 
 news:7vn912-2i7.ln1@gaines.plus.com: 
  
 >>>>   2) Registered via notarized letter 
 >>>>   3) Has voted before 
 >>>>   4) Has posted before 
 >>> 
 >>> You forgot criteria number 5: 
 >>> 
 >>> 5) Hasn't changed email address since doing any of those things. 
 >> 
 >> There's always #2 for someone who can't bear to miss a vote. 
 > 
 > Yeah, well, how much do notarised letters cost in your part of the 
 > world? 
 > 
 > I just poked around the net to find out how much it would cost in the 
 > UK to get a notarised letter.  It seems the standard minimum fee (for 
 > a ten minute appointment) is €60 (thats 60 pounds sterling).  At 
 > today's exchange rates that's over $100US.  (Actually, it is over 
 > $100, whatever type of dollars you use.) 
  
 My local notary changes 2 dollars per document. That is actually about the 
 going rate in much of the USA. You can walk into most insurance angencies, 
 real estate or travel agencies, and many other types of small businesses 
 without an appointment and be out the door in a few minutes. 
  
 -- 
 Bill 
  
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