On Thursday 24 August 2006 07:59, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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. Take your own advice: Don't be stupid. Realize that what you said is in perfect agreement with what I said. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca
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