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

> Date:         Mon, 4 Dec 2000 03:36:31 +1030
> From:         Morgan Palaeo Associates <morganpalaeo@...>
> Incidentally there was a ridiculous law in Australia which is probably
> still in place: it is valid to vote 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, ... for example
> (i.e. giving tied last-place votes to multiple candidates), the vote *is*
> counted, but it is *not* legal to publically encourage voters to do this.
I assume that such a ballot is just set aside when/if the candidates
that got the first 3 votes are eliminated. So is effectively the same
as not giving any votes beyond the first three.

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.

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.'

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)