I think a moose got elected in Canada once. Not kidding.
Larry? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > ...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:350055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
