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Strategies & Market Trends : Zeev's Turnips
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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (41)11/11/2000 2:13:42 AM
From: Carl R.  Read Replies (1) of 644
 
One final comment is that I strongly disagree with the choice of language when people claim that these 20,000 people were "disenfranchised". Their "franchise" is the right to vote. That entitles them to an opportunity to vote, which they got. All rights come with responsibilities, and in this case it is the responsibility to learn about the candidates and issues, and to properly fill out a ballot. If they do not fill it out correctly then whose fault is that? Did they not know that you could only vote for one person? Did they not examine the sample ballot in the newspaper? Did they not examine the sample ballot they got in the mail? Did they elect to not ask any questions at voting time? They had ample way opportunity to learn to how to vote, the opportunity to ask questions, and and even the opportunity to complain about the ballot prior to voting if they couldn't understand it.

They weren't disenfranchised". They simply failed to take advantage of their "franchise", and it completely through their own fault. Furthermore they weren't the only ones nationwide that this happened to. In the rest of the country no doubt hundreds of thousands of votes were no doubt thrown out for the same reason, just as they should have been.

Carl
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