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

Nik Taylor wrote:

> > Even a system where voters give +1, 0 or -1 points to as many candidates
> > as they like would be better than the current American system.
>
>That would be a good system.  Altho wouldn't "0" be the same as not
>casting a vote?
That depends on how the system works, I guess.  If it is a simple
majority-wins system, then "0" wouldn't do anything but show the level of
voter-apathy toward a particular candidate. If you had a system where the
elected official had to receive more than a certain percentage of the total
votes (say 30%) and have the highest number, then votes of "0" would be a
way for the voters to reject candidates forced upon them by the parties.
Frankly, anybody who can't get 30% of the total votes has no business
deciding policy for the country/state.


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