On 2010-11-03 18:41:56 -0500, jjs@xmission.com said:   
   > 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 *strongly* like preference voting, where you rank your preferences    
   for the candidates in order. "None of the above" would certainly be an    
   option. This is the way Hugo ballots are counted. I've heard that    
   Australia uses preference voting as well.   
   It eliminates the need for the silly runoffs they like in the US South,    
   and it allows third parties to get votes without people "throwing away    
   their vote", among other advantages.   
   -K   
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