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4.15 Exercises
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  1. Using the 'FIELDWIDTHS' variable (*note Constant Size::), write a
     program to read election data, where each record represents one
     voter's votes.  Come up with a way to define which columns are
     associated with each ballot item, and print the total votes,
     including abstentions, for each item.