[Donut]

Just a few questions that passed though my mind.

How do you register to vote?
I hear that "more Republican voters registered than Democrats" (or vice versa). What are the advantages of registering for one party or the other? What's the point of that?
How many issues did your ballot paper cover?
What type of positions or issues are voted on?
Are you given advance notice of the issues?
If you don't use computers to vote how are the votes counted and collated? Is this done locally or centrally?

More generally:

In the UK we have the Civil Service. They assist the Government in the job of governing. They are career employees and are meant to be politically neutral, there are about 750,000 of them. Does the US have the equivalent and if so what is the highest level of Government that they are involved in?
How many people (roughly) are there in the Bush Cabinet?
Are any of them elected politicians or are they all appointed by the President?
If the Republican party wins the next election is it likely that any of the current Bush administration will stay on to serve under the next President?
Are Bush and Kerry the heads of their respective parties? Or is that a seperate office? Who elects the leaders of the parties?
Does Kerry continue as Senator? If he had been elected President how would his replacement in the Senate be selected and in what timeframe?
If the President and the Vice President die who is next in line to be President?

Did you know that in the UK it is The Queen who picks the Prime Minister?

[ 11-03-2004, 10:07 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]