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From: webb@leadsv.UUCP (J.J. Webb)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: voting system
Keywords: A Modest Proposal
Message-ID: <5485@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 89 19:21:25 GMT
References: <2604@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: webb@leadsv.LEADS.LMSC.COM.UUCP (J.J. Webb)
Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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In article <2604@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
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>                                Second, a modest proposal:
>let's add None Of The Above in every race.  

I wouldn't mind seeing the NOTA on the ballot.


>                                  votes for NOTA would be
>unmisinterpretable, as opposed to staying home, which the
>pols claim comes from contentment, not disgust.

There is an old axiom "Silence implies consent" which might not
equate to contentment, but is certainly a long way from disgust.


            ...jjwebb...