On 11/3/10 4:41 PM, jjs@xmission.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I love the idea of "none of the above". But, since "none of the above"    
   would probably always win, we would then have to foot the bill for a    
   special election and be insulted with more ads, etc.   
      
   I would favor a simple yes/no question that is added for the big    
   elections (president, governor, etc). Something along the lines of "Were    
   you happy with the choice of candidates for whatever office?".   
      
   Incumbents aren't necessarily idiots, they can also be brain dead.   
      
   Christina   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
    * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:14/400)