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Article #2134Re: Haven't we had enough
From: Martin Rogoff
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00
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woody@interactive.net (Mark Weinstock) wrote: > >I believe what he was referring to was the notion that we would all write >in our own candidates. Right now much of the tabulation is done by sorting >ballots into a fixed st of "buckets," one for each candidate. If everyone >were writing in their own candidate, the number of "buckets" would go up >considerably. My concern is, could/would we force a non-candidate to be >president? For example, let's say Colin Powell (for lack of a better >candidate) won a write-in campaign, yet he chose not to take office. Who >would? The next in line? Do we really want Mickey Mouse as president? > I thought that a write-in candidate still had to qualify before he/she could be voted for. In a local election a few years ago, there was a write-in candidate. He did have to declare before the election. At the polling places today, there was a list of qualified write-in candidates. Ralph Nader was one of the names on the list. I believe writing in any name not on the list is ignored.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: f6e0e,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e0e,public X-Google-Thread: 115d61,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid115d61,public X-Google-Thread: fab07,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidfab07,public X-Google-Thread: 100eae,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid100eae,public X-Google-Thread: 1083f1,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid1083f1,public X-Google-Thread: 105e42,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid105e42,public X-Google-Thread: f7d58,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d58,public From: mrogoff@insync.net (Martin Rogoff) Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough Date: 1996/11/05 Message-ID: <327f8935.6724210@twisto.compaq.com> X-Deja-AN: 194676294 sender: news@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com (System Administrator) references: <54eqfm$332@news.internetmci.com> <326c2602.75398733@news.edge.net> <32752b79.3566390@news.xroads.com> <54ltas$7ie@News.IDT.NET> <3276383C.31AE@shell.liberty.com> <3276BEE7.2A2A@conknet.com> <5580t5$2boa$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <3277CA41.3E74@agcs.com> <3277D62A.48BC@agcs.com> <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com> <3278B28F.41DD@oxy.com> <327B694D.3A0C@tulsa.com> <327E1E62.3B43@agcs.com> <tq1fyI5Jo2DR092yn@interactive.net> organization: Compaq Computer Corp. newsgroups: ak.general,alabama.general,aol.neighborhood.az.phoenix.general,aol.neighborhood.il.chicago.general,aol.neighborhood.in.indianapolis.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.new-york.general,atl.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,ca.general,co.cos.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general,compuserve.general,dc.general,delaware.general,dfw.general,fl.general,houston.general,il.general,kc.general,ky.general,la.general,lex.general,md.general,memphis.general,miami.general