“Our old-fashioned system is better than any new-fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but there is something I find appealing in putting a mark on a piece of paper for the candidate of your choice, as opposed to pulling a lever as if you were gambling on a slot machine in Las Vegas.”

— Jean Chrétien

Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Twelve, No To War, p. 287

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20th Prime Minister of Canada 1934

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