If You Live In North Or South Carolina You Need To Know

go this email from a friend...no matter what your party affiliation you need to know this......

Did you know that... ...if you vote straight ticket in North
> > Carolina and
> > South Carolina,
> > ...it does not automatically register your vote for President or the
> > judges on the ballot?
> >
> > You have to punch in your vote for President and the judges IN
> > ADDITION TO selecting straight ticket if you are going to vote
> > straight ticket.
> >
> > This is a matter that many people don't know about - please visit
> > this link (http://www.tonyspencer.com/nc-straight-ticket/), contact
> > the Board of Elections and the local media and encourage them to do a
> > better job of making this distinction known. I talked to someone at
> > the board of elections in Raleigh today who didn't seem to give a
> > damn about this.
> > The possible impact last election:
> >
> > "[North and South Carolina] suffered among the nation's worst rates
> > among voters who did not cast a vote for president four years ago.
> > North Carolina voters cast 3,015,964 ballots, but only 2,914,990
> > votes
> > were counted for president. South Carolinians cast 1,433,533 ballots,
> > but only 1,382,721 presidential votes were certified."
> > --