Provinces.
Some, but not all of Canada's Provinces are divided by the Great Lakes.
The most recent past US Presidential election was held on November 4, 2008; the next Presidential election will be on November 6, 2012. General elections are always held on Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
The most recent election for the US House of Representatives was Tuesday, November 2, 2010, when all 435 seats were up for reelection. The next election for the House is in the Presidential election year 2012.
Divided how? - THere's 10 provinces and 3 territories
There was no US Presidential election in 2006. The date of the mid-term general election in 2006 was Tuesday, November 7. The date of the most recent Presidential election was Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The next Presidential election will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
Throughout history there have been numerous cases of election fraud in the US. The most recent case was the presidential elections in 2004. There has also been some speculation about the 2012 election, but no official decision has been made as of yet.
Among third-party candidates, Ross Perot is thought to have split the conservative vote in a recent election. Ross Perot ran in the 1992 and 1996 US presidential elections as an independent.
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The first US election was held in Virginia.
A US Senator is elected for 6 years. They are divided into three groups, so that one third are up for election every two years. And only one state senator is up for election at any election cycle (unless there is a mid-term election to replace a senator who has died or resigned).
The election day in Nov 6.