Please, some common-sense between lawyers/people
November 20, 2008
It’s way past the election, most of the races are now over, but in MN and GA, it’s still going strong.
There’s a really good article up on some of the ballots that are being “questioned” by both Franken and Coleman’s campaign lawyers – A good number of the ones that are being “disputed” frankly are stupid. I went through the list, made my own judgment, and thankfully came to the same decision of most of the people that answered the polls in that article. Thank [deity] that there’s some common sense out there, and can some be given to the lawyers contesting these. I appreciate that there’s a lot at stake, but arguing “intent” in a lot of these cases is just stupid.
Go to the page and play your own game of being an election judge.
Which brings up a question – does electronic voting help in this case? I like one of the comments that followed that article
With paper ballots at least we know which people have problems understanding and completing the ballots
Exactly! As least we know which people are (in some way or the other) too stupid to vote. If you “spoil” a ballot, simply ask for another one. I’m a little on the fence about this (and will probably get flamed for it), but I can appreciate the viewpoint that if you are too stupid/uninformed to vote (you can’t put a mark on the sheet, know or can find out where the polling place is, know what day you have to vote) you shouldn’t. It in some ways takes away from the people that really do have some clue in what is going on in the world.
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