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The Waiting GameFebruary, 2003 HE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU to sell your garage junk in a few days, but Steve Westly, MBA ’83, had to wait more than two weeks last November to find out that he had won the job of California state controller. Westly, a former vice president of electronic auction giant eBay, won the seat by 16,811 votes. But because Californians cast so many provisional and absentee ballots, it took election officials weeks to count enough of them to certify Westly the winner, though close contender Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock conceded on Nov. 18. When Westly won, the Democratic Party recorded its first sweep of statewide offices in more than a century. Election experts say we can expect more long waits in close races. Because Florida officials turned away many would-be voters in the close 2000 presidential election, the federal government has mandated that by next January all states create a system for provisional voting that will allow people to vote even when their registrations are misplaced. |
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