>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:40:50 -0400, Dan Dassow wrote
(in article 
):
> On Nov 1, 4:31 pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:25:27 -0400, Dan Dassow wrote
>> 
>> (in article
>> ):
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 1, 3:50 pm, Dave Hayslett  wrote:
>>>> Dan Dassow wrote:
>> 
>>>> ....
>> 
>>>>> advertisements after today until the next election
cycle gears up in
>>>>> earnest.
>> 
>>>> This year, I believe that's November 3rd.  :-(
>> 
>>> Sigh! St. Louis has been inundated with negative political ads for at
>>> least three months for both Missouri and Illinois candidates. Less
>>> than 5% of the ads are positive in scope!
>> 
>>> "None of the above" should be an option for national
offices and
>>> statewide offices. <<
>> 
>> As someone who has to tally those write-ins for "none of the
above," "no
>> one," "nobody," "Mickey Mouse,"
"Micky Mouse," etc. etc....please, please,
>> PLEASE, if you don't like any of the candidates on a particular line, leave
>> it blank!  In our state at least, write-ins must be tallied by hand, and we
>> have to write EVERY SINGLE name down, including if one person
writes "Mickey
>> Mouse" with the "e," and someone else writes
"Micky Mouse" without the "e." 
>>  
>> In quadruplicate.  :-p
>> 
>> Amy
> 
> Out of respect for the hard work of the election judges, I would never
> do a frivolous write-in vote, however tempted I may be.
> 
> One has to have great sympathy for the Alaskan election judges due to
> the write-in campaign for US Senate. <<
Yeah, but when there's a concerted write-in effort on behalf of a legitimate 
candidate, they're usually pretty good about making sure people know how to 
spell the name, and generally, unless the name is really unusual or there's a 
middle initial or something, there aren't too many ways people will spell it.
We have one family who always shows up at 7:58 PM, brings in their kids, 
takes a long time to complete their ballots...and they always write in their 
own names (three boys, father, mother) wherever there's a write-in 
opportunity.  Drives us crazy!
Amy
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