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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 13.05.25 - 01:32, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:   
      
    RM> ...so the tiniest 'error' on the ballot, like using a   
    RM> check mark instead of an X, would have them tossing it if   
    RM> it was for Carney.. But, in a recount, there are several   
    RM> people keeping an eye on things and any ballot that makes   
    RM> it obvious who the person wanted to vote for is counted   
    RM> rather than discarded.   
      
   I didn't realize there were multiple other ways to mark a     
   ballot (apart from an X or a checkmark)   
      
   https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=loi/jud&do   
   ument=p5&lang=e   
      
   ..but the part about a completely filled circle seems to     
   contradict section 5.1.3    ..in other words, a completely     
   filled circle seems to be grounds for rejection.   
      
      
    AA>> Apparently.. there are two other ridings getting recounts,   
    >> according to the above article.   
      
      
    RM> The USA today greatly reduced the tariffs on China, and they   
    RM> lowered theirs in response for at least 90 days, which took   
    RM> a little of tension off of the markets since China sells the   
    RM> USA something like $600 Billion a year in goods.   
      
   Yeah.. "reduced the tariffs" that shouldn't have been there in   
   the first place. And now Trump is trying to sound like there is   
    progress because "countries wanna make deals".   
      
   I think this article explains what REALLY happened:   
      
   https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/5/13/why-did-the-us-and-    
   china-slash-tariffs-and-whats-next   
      
      
    RM> Trump also was given a $400 Million Jumbo Jet to use to   
    RM> replace Airforce One as a gift from Quatar which Trump   
    RM> said he'd be a fool not to accept.. ignoring that the US   
    RM> Constitution makes his accepting gifts like that totally   
    RM> illegal..   
      
   Yeah.. it's blatantly opposite what the Constitution says about     
   gifts from foreign countries.  And even if he does get it     
   approved, the Air Force still has to work on it which could     
   take years not months.   And.. I hope in the end, no one agrees     
   to fill it up with fuel, in the name of national security, of     
   course!  :D   
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