Subj : Re: Politics echo To : boraxman From : Spectre Date : Mon May 23 2022 01:23:00 bo> Oh yes, they can be quite quick. The election is called (they aren't at bo> fixed times), and we have some annoying TV ads for several weeks, and bo> thats it. We usually find out within a day or two who has one an thats Ahh kinda, we do have 3 year terms... but they can call an election any time they feel like having one.. usually it'll be between 2-3 years depending on how the opinion polls are travelling. I don't recall how far in advance they can announce one, and they can then advertise until the last week? But we do tend to get it all over and done with pretty quickly as you've mentioned. What I'd like to see, is not only the breakdown of valid votes, but how many votes for the Donkey went down at this election. Spec *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware] --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval) * Origin: The future's uncertain, the end is always near. (21:3/101) .