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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:51 am    Post subject: Voting for the dead Reply with quote

Would you vote for a candidate you know is deceased?
Some voters may have to.

http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/10-07-mayors-still-on-ballot
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes I would to honor their past service. It would be a nice touch if they were elected, and the Councils can rather easily appoint someone else to the position in January.

Heck, I voted for a convicted man once knowing he was headed to jail. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

John Ashcroft lost to a dead guy for U.S. Senate, and that was a wise decision by the voters.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When there are only two candidates on a ballot, I often cast my vote against one of them... rather than for one of them. So my answer is yes.

Its sorry to say, but most elections look like this:


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In 2004, the majority voted for a candidate that was brain dead.

I kid, I kid!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dick wrote:
When there are only two candidates on a ballot, I often cast my vote against one of them... rather than for one of them. So my answer is yes.

Its sorry to say, but most elections look like this:




I love that one
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes the dead can do no worst than the living.BB
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

E, that's one of my favorites too. They make fun of Puffy Daddy's "Vote or Die"... and the PETA stuff in that episode is... too racy to say on here.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cylinsier wrote:
In 2004, the majority voted for a candidate that was brain dead.

I kid, I kid!


you must be kidding about the year 2004, the rest is true. Embarassed
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