Cost of 2004 Elections: $4B and Counting

[Bossy Monkey]

Nov 2, 2:27 AM EST

Cost of 2004 Elections: $4B and Counting

By SHARON THEIMER
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The price of democracy in 2004: $4 billion, and that's not even counting all the ballots, poll workers and election lawyers.

Add the expenses borne by states and local government - to be determined later - and the price tag rises anywhere from hundreds of millions of dollars to possibly upward of $1 billion more.

In the business world, $5 billion would be enough to buy out Donald Trump - twice. It would pay for about 2,200 Super Bowl commercials, or educate about 30,000 students at Yale, the alma mater of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

Where did all the money go?
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ELN_ELECTION_COSTS?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

So THAT was Bush's plan for turning around the economy!

[w4rma]

1. Fine with me. Better than big media telling us how to vote, instead. (nt)

[SoCalDem]

2. How many citizens, 18 and over are there in the US

Not the military or ex-pats.. just the ones who live in the US..??

anyone know??