Monday, November 24, 2008

Recount in Minnesota

This article is a must-read for all of you election nerds out there. You always hear about election recounts being messy affairs, and this article has actual examples of voter stupidity of why that is never as simple as it sounds. I mean, there are people who take the time to vote but then also vote for their write-in candidate of choice, "lizard people". I mean, really? What do you do with that?

Anyhoo, there are ten examples, some seem obvious what the voter intent was, others are more challenging. Throw in a bunch of lawyers, and you really have a mess. Worth a quick read.

1 comment:

  1. wow. no wonder it's taking them so long... our ballots were basically the same as these and seemed fairly brainless.

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