The ballots for California’s October 7th recall election must be <A

HREF=”http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/6518695.htm”>printed

in seven languages: <A

HREF=”http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_multi.htm”>Chinese,

Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

Los Angeles County’s punch card ballots can carry only 48 candidate names

per card, meaning English-speaking voters must be given three ballots

apiece in order to accommodate the <A

HREF=”http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/2003_cert_cand_list.htm”>135 certified

candidates running for governor.

All this potential for confusion means long lines on Election Day for

California voters. Will Gray Davis voters prove themselves more willing to

patiently endure the chaos? Quite possibly, given they only have just one

candidate to support in any language.