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# 66 Logic Problems Help    Election 2000 -- The Early Returns
Are In by Randall L. Whipkey  This year, the five logger
residents of Camp 98 North decided to be first in the nation to
cast their votes in Election 2000, so all five filled out
ballots ready to be counted at 12:00:01 a. m. next Tuesday. Of
course, each knows how the others voted, since the campaign has
been a topic of intense debate among the five. From the results
below, can you tabulate the earliest returns of Election 2000 by
determining each Camp 98 North voter's full name and job and for
whom he cast his ballot?    1. Camp 98 North residents Doc,
Ventura, and the truck driver all voted for the same candidate,
while Wes and the sawyer cast their ballots for his opponent.
2. Hoover voted for Vice Pres. Gush.   3. Red, who isn't
Luzinski, observes that the election isn't about the lesser of
two evils but about the "evil of two lessers."   4. Doc and the
bulldozer operator agree