The Reason article stated HP is spending about $147 per voter [stockholder]
promoting the merger. How much is that per share? How many votable shares
are out there? How will this impact share value and dividends? Who's got
the numbers?

Does this level of expense make HP leadership appear responsible to the
stockholders' interests?

-Dave Darnell

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     The Hewlett-Packard election, based on the company's           
     numbers, will cost $147 per voter. Compare that to the most    
     expensive 2000 Senate races. Hillary Rodham Clinton's New      
     York contest cost $11 per registered voter and Jon Corzine's   
     New Jersey Senate race cost $20 per registered voter. All      
     the presidential candidates combined spent a mere $2.75 per    
     registered voter, less than a super-sized quarter pounder      
     meal at McDonald's or a single issue of Newsweek               
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    



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