>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:40:50 -0400, Dan Dassow wrote   
   (in article    
   <1fa61436-a119-4aaa-89b5-b617d3414e40@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>):   
   > On Nov 1, 4:31 pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:25:27 -0400, Dan Dassow wrote   
   >>    
   >> (in article   
   >> ):   
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   >>> On Nov 1, 3:50 pm, Dave Hayslett  wrote:   
   >>>> Dan Dassow wrote:   
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   >>>> ....   
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   >>>>> 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   
   >    
   > Out of respect for the hard work of the election judges, I would never   
   > do a frivolous write-in vote, however tempted I may be.   
   >    
   > One has to have great sympathy for the Alaskan election judges due to   
   > the write-in campaign for US Senate. <<   
   Yeah, but when there's a concerted write-in effort on behalf of a legitimate    
   candidate, they're usually pretty good about making sure people know how to    
   spell the name, and generally, unless the name is really unusual or there's a    
   middle initial or something, there aren't too many ways people will spell it.   
   We have one family who always shows up at 7:58 PM, brings in their kids,    
   takes a long time to complete their ballots...and they always write in their    
   own names (three boys, father, mother) wherever there's a write-in    
   opportunity.  Drives us crazy!   
   Amy   
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