On 11/1/2010 3:31 PM, Amy Guskin wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:25:27 -0400, Dan Dassow wrote   
   > (in article   
   > ):   
   >   
   >> On Nov 1, 3:50 pm, Dave Hayslett  wrote:   
   >>> Dan Dassow wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> ....   
   >>>   
   >>>> advertisements after today until the next election cycle gears up in   
   >>>> earnest.   
   >>>   
   >>> This year, I believe that's November 3rd.  :-(   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Sigh! St. Louis has been inundated with negative political ads for at   
   >> least three months for both Missouri and Illinois candidates. Less   
   >> than 5% of the ads are positive in scope!   
   >>   
   >> "None of the above" should be an option for national offices and   
   >> statewide offices.<<   
   >   
   > As someone who has to tally those write-ins for "none of the above," "no   
   > one," "nobody," "Mickey Mouse," "Micky Mouse," etc. etc....please, please,   
   > PLEASE, if you don't like any of the candidates on a particular line, leave   
   > it blank!  In our state at least, write-ins must be tallied by hand, and we   
   > have to write EVERY SINGLE name down, including if one person writes "Mickey   
   > Mouse" with the "e," and someone else writes "Micky Mouse" without the "e."   
   > In quadruplicate.  :-p   
   >   
   > Amy   
      
   The way it should work is not with a write-in. It should be the last    
   choice on the actual ballot for every office. If "none of the above"    
   wins, there is a special election in mid December for that office.    
   Those that were on the original ballot are not eligible to run on the    
   second, and write-ins for them are not counted.   
      
   No more would we be forced into a choice between an idiot incumbent and    
   a brain-dead challenger.   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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