At 17:52 -0800 11/9/00, Tim May wrote:
At 8:55 PM -0500 11/9/00, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I suggest that we find one county for each state that we believe to be representative, let them vote, and then extrapolate from their results and assign electors accordingly.
Or perhaps one household per state. I volunteer Tim and his cats to to represent California. I know the way Nietzsche would vote, at least.
I put a ballot in front of him, consisting of three open cans of cat food:
Gore: O
O : Buchanan
Bush: O
He spoiled his ballot by eating out of more than one can, though, so he has now brought in Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Tawana Brawley, and Morris the Cat to argue that he was confused and should be given a "do over."
--Tim May
OH GOD!!! This means that assuming you vote correctly, OVER HALF of California's ballots will have been spoiled! I demand a recount, the will of the peple has been thwarted... -- "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." -- Justice William O. Douglas ____________________________________________________________________ Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott <mailto:kelliott@mac.com> ICQ#23758827