Re: A very brief politcal rant

[Declan McCullagh]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:51:05AM -0500, Ernest Hua wrote:
> My original point still stands.  The voters should get what they
> want, unless they want something clearly illegal.  That's a clear
> principle in our pseudo-democracy.  Every principle has a point

No, your original point was muddled. It's not clear that every voter
who chose the dead guy knew that his widow would take the slot. Since
the election is so close, that matters.

If you want to make sure the voters are getting what they want, put
the non-dead-guy's name on the ballot.

-Declan