body { padding: 0; margin: 0; font: 0.7em Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;
    background: #ffffff;
    /*background: #FFFFFF url(stripes2.png);*/
    color: #454545; }
img {border:0;}

.header, .footer {	
    clear:both;
    position:relative;
    display:block;
    margin-bottom:20px;
}
.logo, .flag {
    margin:15px;
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
}
.logo {
    left:0;
}
.flag {
    margin-top:10px;
    right:0;
}
p.msg {
    font-size:200%;
    line-height:120%;
    margin-top:0.5em;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    text-align:center;
    width:40%;
}
.footer p.msg {	
    font-size:90%;
    color:#6c6c6c;
}
p.msg span {
    font-size:85%;
    font-style:italic;
}
.nav {	
    clear:both;
    color:#660000;
    font-size:120%;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.nav ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
}
.nav ul li {
    background-color:#999999;
    display:inline;
    font-weight:bold;
    padding:0 10px;
    margin:0 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 0.3em;
    -webkit-border-radius: 0.3em;
    border-radius: 0.3em;
}
.nav ul li a {
    color:#ffffff;
    text-decoration:none;
}
.main {
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    width:800px;
}
.first_col, .middle_col, .third_col {
    clear:left;
    float:left;
    margin-right:30px;
    width:180px;
}
.first_col {
    clear:left;
}
.third_col {
    clear:right;
}
.middle_col {
    clear:none;
    width:350px;
}
.content_col 
{
    width:590px;
    float:right;
}
.infobox, .ballot {
    background: #FFFFFF url(scan_bars.gif) repeat-y 20px 29px;
    border:1px solid #000000;
    font-family: arial, "lucida console", sans-serif;
    font-size:1em;
    padding:10px 0px 10px 60px;
    margin:10px;
    width:100%;
}
.infobox span, .ballot span {
    text-align: center;
    font-size:120%;
}
.infobox h3, .ballot h3, h2.title {
    color:#FFFFFF;
    background-color:#000000;
    margin-bottom:5px;
    margin-top:4px;
    padding-bottom:5px;
    padding-top:5px;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    width:100%;
}
.infobox h3, .ballot h3 a, h2.title a {
    color:#FFFFFF;
}
h3.highlight {
    background-color:#B23030;
}
h3.highlight2 {
    background-color:#161978;
}
.ballot {
    width:86%;
}
.ballot ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}
.ballot li {
    background-image: url('oval.png');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0 -3px;
    color:#6C6C6C;
    padding-left: 55px;
    margin-bottom:15px;
    margin-top:0.5em;
}
.infobox h4, .ballot h4 {
    color:#000000;
    font-size:130%;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin-bottom:5px;
    text-transform:capitalize;    
}
.infobox {
    background: #FFFFFF none;
    padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;
    width:100%;
    -moz-border-radius: 1em;
    -webkit-border-radius: 1em;
    border-radius: 1em;
}
.infobox h3 {
    color:#FFFFFF;
    background: #000066 url(flag_bar.png) repeat 40%;
    margin-bottom:5px;
    margin-top:4px;
    padding-bottom:5px;
    padding-top:5px;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    width:100%;
}