Remove Excess Padding Inside Select Element In IE8

I'm trying to remove styling from select elements using CSS. For example: http://jsfiddle.net/HTseX/ No matter what I try, there is extra padding between the border of the element

Solution 1:

The select renders slightly differently depending on the browser and operating system in use, and is well known as a troublesome HTML element to style with CSS (because the display is inherited from the operating system, rather than provided by the browser).

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