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2012 Election
Redball:
One of the defeated Michigan propositions would have guaranteed collective bargaining for public employees, now under attack, in the State Constitution. It overreached in scope, and I agreed that putting it in the constitution alone was somewhat of an overreach. I was certain it wouldn't pass, I believed it probably shouldn't pass, but I voted for it in hopes that a close vote would persuade the Legislation it also shouldn't overreach. Result was 58% against, 42% for.
ackblom12:
Yeah, Prop 2 and 3 were the only ones I voted yes on. 2 was one I could have lived with being constitutionally protected if it had gone through, 3 was a lot more iffy. The rest were actually a bit insulting.
jwhouk:
Unfortunately, we can't do something similar here in Wisconsin. Might be a nice end-round of our current legislators/executive, but it's not an option.
Only thing we have is the courts.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Akima on 09 Nov 2012, 04:54 ---With our transferrable-vote system, tactical voting is a way of life. It is common for the person the voters disliked least to get elected rather than the one who gets the largest share of the votes in the first round. This is supposed to discourage extremism, because would-be MPs have to pick up "second preferences" from people who voted for someone else in the first round. I don't have to bother though, because I live in an district where the Coalition could put up dead wombats and they would get elected.
--- End quote ---
It makes perfect sense to me. There have been times when I would also have envied the dead wombat option.
Blyss:
I think what bothers me the most about what's going on here in AZ is that there are so many votes that NEVER WOULD HAVE been counted, had it not been for a couple of the congress and senate races being so close.
Then there's the whole bit where it looks like Sheriff Joe might have actually had some people give different instructions for people in certain neighborhoods.
It's very difficult to believe that we ran a 'CLEAN ELECTION' at this point.
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