"None of the Above" Amendment? by Geezer

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"None of the Above" Amendment?

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UPDATED: Friday, August 5, 2011 13:51
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 4:50 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Would anyone here support a local, State, or Federal amendment or law that would allow folks to vote for "None of the Above" in elections, and if a plurality voted that way, would require a new election with new candidates?

I realize that this is not in the least likely. Just wondering.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 5:05 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

I'd like to see it tried in some smaller races to see how it works and see what unforeseen trouble pops up (i.e., to see if the system can be "gamed" with this kind of election).

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:21 PM

STORYMARK

AN idea worth exploring, yes.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:23 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

they'd have to try it on a small local level to see how it goes first.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Thursday, August 4, 2011 1:42 AM

M52NICKERSON

DALEK!

Yes, I would support that. I also like the idea of ranking candidates.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Thursday, August 4, 2011 1:53 AM

DREAMTROVE

Sure. Nader wass big on that.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, August 4, 2011 7:55 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I'd certainly like it, but as others have mentioned, on the lower levels first to iron out the kinks.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Friday, August 5, 2011 1:51 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Oh then this'll entertain you.

Chelsea City Council election: 3 open seats and no one's filed petitions to run
http://www.annarbor.com/news/chelsea/chelsea-city-council-election-wid
e-open-three-open-seats-so-far-no-takers/

I can just see how it'll go if no one does run, the remaining City Council members looking at each other all aghast - "Ok, now what ?!".

Local politics around here are a lot more "fun", one could say, certainly a helluva lot more screwball, than most.

-F

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