NONE OF THE ABOVE

[dhud64]

What would it take to get none of the above on the ballot?<br />Do ya think he'd win, none of the above?<br />I truely wish it were possible, maybe that would send a CLEAR message.<br />(Ok, off my soap box now)!

 

[Homerr]

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I'm still voting for Captain Picard.<br /><br /> <br /><br />H.

 

[snapperbait]

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Thought about this before, but with a twist.. <br /><br />I'd go for the "none of the above" thing, but only if it took away a vote for each candidate on the ballot.. <br /><br /> Heck, way things are now, come the end of the election, most of the candidates probably end up with a negative number of votes..

 

[JoeW]

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Hey,<br />I wonder if I could change my name to "none of the above"?

 

[bh357]

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Somebody's been watching Brewster's Millions a bit much

 

[dhud64]

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Brewsters Millions...sorry never seen it!<br /><br />I sent this e-mail to everyone I know. Feel free to do the same. <br />---------------------------------------<br />Sorry all I couldn't resist. <br /><br />If you agree, add your name and pass it along to everyone you know. Hope this makes it back to me with a billion names attached to it! (Hey, I can dream can't I?)<br /><br />P.S.- I generally delete these meaningless, pass it along things. But could you imagine the impact if the 'media' would pound this idea hour after hour, day after day etc...?<br /><br />2/24/04<br /><br />To our elected officials:<br /><br />Ladies and Gentlemen, as everyone knows election time is around the corner. I find myself again wondering about the validity of the process we have and I am personally SICKENED by the choices, or lack thereof, that we have. Please take 15 seconds and hear me out.<br /><br />I don’t claim to know much about the ‘political machine’ as we know it. As a matter of fact, I only have a high school diploma, (I suppose that’s the reason for my peasantry ignorance). But I want to know one thing. Why the selection of ‘NONE OF THE ABOVE’ cannot appear on every ballot? And I don’t mean just on the Federal level. I’m talking about elections on all levels, even down to the election of the local dogcatcher. (Ah, that is sarcasm; I know dogcatchers aren’t elected…DUH).<br /><br />Are you folks of royal grandeur truly above us all? Are you afraid of what the outcome would be? Are you hiding behind the power that put you there? Do you have the courage to put ‘NONE OF THE ABOVE’ on EVERY ballot? Time will tell.<br /><br />Oh, I forgot one, Will you respond to this or will one of your interns?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Dennis Hudson<br /><br />*edited for e-mail*

 

[Carphunter]

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Wait a minute, i've seen the light!<br />I think this thread has finally swayed me!<br /><br />Nope, I was wrong................I'm still votin Bush.

 

[bh357]

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Well, I guess you could always not vote. The "None of the Above" option would work better though, for showing who truely didn't want any of the canidates. Currently (with not voting), there is no way to reflect the number of people who didn't vote because they didn't want any of the canidates from those who were just too apathetic or lazy to not vote.<br /><br />Brewster's Millions is a mid 80's movie starring Richard Pryor as a man who inherits 30 million dollars, but with one catch: he has to spend it all in 30 days without having a single asset at the end of that time. If he succeeds, he will get 300 million dollars. One scheme he pulls is to start a campaign of "None of the Above" for mayor.

 

[oddjob]

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<br /><br />As far as the dems are concerned, it will be none of the above....he,he

 

[one more cast]

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My vote goes to Dr. Phil.

 

[JGREGORY]

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I have wrote in "N.O.T.A." (None of the Above) more times than I can remember. And I may do it again this year. I am not very happy with W. he does well in a crisis but when it come backs to the mundane he's seems to step on his crank. Not to sure about Kerry either.<br /><br />I am a bonified fence sitter. And probably will not make up my mind until election day. I will say I tend to vote Republican. Or N.O.T.A.

 

[wilkin250r]

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The biggest problem I see is that "None of the Above" isn't an actual vote. If the majority votes N.O.T.A, then does the office (Mayor, Senator, President) become vacant? Or do they hold another election with a different set of candidates? No. N.O.T.A isn't a true candidate, and the candidate that gets the most votes gets the office, plain and simple.<br /><br />True, it sends a message, but do you think that message is truly recieved? That by voting N.O.T.A. we are guarenteed a set of better, honest, more qualified candidates in the next election? Don't fool yourself. It would take MANY elections for that message to truly come across, and let's face facts, the American public doesn't have that kind of patience.<br /><br />When you get right down to it, voting "None of the Above" is the same as not voting. True, you're making a statement, but it doesn't keep the shmucks out of office.

 

[18rabbit]

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Are you folks of royal grandeur truly above us all?

Yes. I worked for a number of years with a guy that was married to a senator’s daughter. He is from Vietnam, so is his wife. In the 60’s orphaned war children were adopted to further political careers (and you thought it all started with Chelsea?!?). I forget the Sen’s name but he is/was long retired. As my colleague tells it, Senators are above/beyond normal people. He said they don’t think like a normal person…don’t have a clue to normal day-to-day life activities…they live in a whole different world. He and his wife were estranged from her adoptive parents.<br /><br />I think it was during daddy-Bush’s presidency that he went to a grocery store and saw the conveyor belt moving groceries along and comment something to the affect of “wow, great idea. When did they put those in?”<br />

 

[JoeW]

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I'm sure they have staff that will go survey different stores to find out the price of a loaf of bread. Wouldn't want to be caught without an answer to that question.