Re: Hey, Steve! (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon)
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Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 August 2006 23:13, Mihira Fernando wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> Technically, yes. That's how the Constitution designed it.
>>>
>>> Practically, though, no.
>>>
>>> Citizens, dead people, and illegal immigrants vote for Electors who
>>> are pledged to vote for a specific candidate.
>> So if the Electors suddenly decide to vote for candidate A while being
>> pledged to vote for candidate B (maybe because their bank balance
>> suddenly got increased by ,say, 10 mil dollars), then what happens ?
>> does Candidate B become the president ? Has the people got no say in this ?
>
> Something similar to this happened due to pilot error in Florida in 2000 and
> by probable act of sabotage on Diebold's part in Ohio in 2004. Candidate B
> becomes president, people have no say.
Don't be stupid. The Florida problem was that little old ladies
could not figure our how to use a paper ballot.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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