Re: Mayoral race
Daniel C. Burton (dan@antispam.autobahn.org)
9 Feb 1998 05:48:18 GMT
Kevin Dempsey Peterson <peterson@ocf.Berkeley.EDU> wrote in article
<Pine.SOL.3.96.980208194051.9573B-100000@apocalypse>...
> On 8 Feb 1998, Daniel C. Burton wrote:
>
> >Since almost everyone seems to support things like smoking bans and all
> >sorts of violations of individual rights, it's probably not a good idea
for
> >us to support anyone. In fact, I'm leaning towards endorsing "none of
the
> >above." At least low voter turnout is interpreted as a sign that
> >something's wrong.
>
> Screw low voter turn out -- write in "None of the Above". Not voting
> leaves it unclear why people didn't vote. A write in (for anyone) is a
> clear indication that you care who is in office, but don't like any of
> the options. Besides, Dean 40% what's her name 35% other 25% would be a
> good encouragement for anyone else who is considering running.
I don't think that gets recorded. "None of the Above" is not a "qualified
write-in candidate," so therefore the only people who will see this are the
polling workers. Sure, it's fun to write this in, but you should know it's
the same thing as casting a blank ballot (which isn't recorded either).
This is what the Libertarian Party keeps complaining about about ballot
access laws. You can't even be a qualified write-in candidate without
going through certain requirements. This doesn't seem to be the case for
the Presidential election, but it is for almost every other office.