-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 23:13, Mihira Fernando wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Technically, yes. That's how the Constitution designed it. >>> >>> Practically, though, no. >>> >>> Citizens, dead people, and illegal immigrants vote for Electors who >>> are pledged to vote for a specific candidate. >> So if the Electors suddenly decide to vote for candidate A while being >> pledged to vote for candidate B (maybe because their bank balance >> suddenly got increased by ,say, 10 mil dollars), then what happens ? >> does Candidate B become the president ? Has the people got no say in this ? > > Something similar to this happened due to pilot error in Florida in 2000 and > by probable act of sabotage on Diebold's part in Ohio in 2004. Candidate B > becomes president, people have no say.
Don't be stupid. The Florida problem was that little old ladies could not figure our how to use a paper ballot. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7b7WS9HxQb37XmcRArdNAJ4he0Ud2KDlsFRsShfS1KOlBCdd3gCcCxv+ 2i+uOhtkuhPjQ4Ek7ywFnJ8= =xdNT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]