Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 12:56:53 -0500, Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>
>> I only know preferential voting schemes from science fiction fandom
>> --- selecting WorldCon sites for instance. In that context it's also
>> possible to vote for 'None of the rest' --- and if that option ends up
>> winning, there simply won't be a WorldCon in the year in question.
>
><laugh>  I hadn't thought of that!  But then, I have never been to a con,
>though I'd love to go sometime.  :-(
Me, too!

>> It would be interesting if the voters in a country could do the same
>> --- telling the politicos that 'if that's really the best candidates
>> you can offer, we think we're better off without a president at all.'
>
><snicker>  I wonder what the politicos would do in that case.
>
>YHL
It's simple: they'd hack the ballots, just like they do now!

Jeff