Advance Poll today and yesterday

Some ten polls set up shop in the Selkirk gymnasium, so that Yukon citizens can vote in an "Advance Poll" for their next Territorial Government. They were 'manned' by several very friendly and helpful people, who let me know that they will not be able to accept donuts or any other high calorie food that is provided to Party scrutineers... it may be construed as a bribe!


Two memories were with me this evening: I knew a fellow in Toronto, a Syrian Christian, who was amazed and impressed when, during one of our exciting Canadian elections, there were NO TANKS IN THE STREETS (like they were back in good ol' Demascus).

The other was a photo, taken during that January election in Iraq. It was the picture of an old man being wheeled to the Voting booth by a couple of young men. The old man had a white beard and a turban, and the wheelchair was really a baby buggy which had been made into a sort-of-wheelchair.