...then a whole bunch of votes would be thrown out because Mickey Mouse isn't a legally valid choice.
Shit, GWB lost the popular vote in 2000 and declared a "mandate". People care about winning, they don't care what percentage of the vote they got or how big the turnout was or how many people declared bogus protest votes. If you are genuinely trying to wreak some havoc with write in votes, do something interesting. Pick a fairly local election. Get a giant number of people to write in the same name. But write in a name that is really common, like John Smith. John Smith could win, perhaps. The question is...which John Smith? We don't write in SSN or address or anything other than name. What happens if three John Smiths come forward and say, "Sweet, I won the election". Maybe I meant John Smith #1. Maybe you meant John Smith #2. How can you tell? How would courts decide which John Smith won? That, at least, would be a write in battle with potential amusement value. Leave your Mickey Mouse votes at home. Judah On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > But think of the ramifications if there was a concerted effort to write in > Mickey Mouse....*grin* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:03 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Zimmerman charged in Martin's death... > > > To me writing someone in is the equivalent of throwing my vote away. > > I do like this idea, however: http://www.americanselect.org/ > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:46 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Write someone in. >> >> There are other people running that aren't getting media coverage. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
