Posted on 11/16/2019 11:03:41 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’ve worked as an election officer this is nothing but shift the blame BS.
I would change a couple of words and pass it again. Many states do their ballots that way. New York is one.
Unintended consequence:
Many stupid Dems will instinctively vote for the candidate listed in the number two slot out of habit, even if after the change the #2 slot is one of our guys.
List them by alphabetical names! that would really mess up the democratic voters.. They would have to look for the DDDDDD!
I agree with every word
A.G. Barr can add another example to his list of judicial meddling with this political matter.
BRAVO!!! all well said even down to the CAPS.
Zerobot thug in a robe ordering an explicitly political “ruling” to benefit Demonrats.
Born 1967 in Winter Garden, FL
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Nominated by Barack Obama on February 16, 2012, to a seat vacated by Stephan P. Mickle. Confirmed by the Senate on December 6, 2012, and received commission on December 7, 2012. Served as chief judge, 2018-present.
Education:
University of Florida, B.A., 1989
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law), J.D., 1992
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Emmett Ripley Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1993-1994
Law clerk, Hon. Stephen H. Grimes, Florida Supreme Court, 1994-1996
Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1996, 1997, 1999-2008
Law clerk, Hon. Robert L. Hinkle, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1996-1997
Assistant public defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Florida, 1997-1999
Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Second Judicial Circuit, 2009-2012
Gosh - in Mississippi, whenever there was someone from both parties on the ballot, the Dem was first in line....we were still smart enough to have a Repub sweep....if they mix i tup in Florida and alternate/jumble who appears first, it won’t confuse the Conservatives.....
Its good we have all these judges. We would have to utilize self-government and rule of law if we didn’t have these judges to tell us what to do.
Amen to that.
Republicans don’t fight. Republicans, as a Party, never fight. I suppose that it is not in their DNA to fight.Do you believe that the Democrats would sit on their asses and watch their President be put through what President Trump has been put through without raising holy hell?
Most Republican politicians are just Demorats without the goofy ideas.
I agree with you 100% on that. President Trump smoked them out of their holes.
Friggin Gator (with all due respect to my Trump supporting UF alum sister).
“So, the judge is saying that voters will automatically tend to vote for the name that appears first? Or that voters are too lazy to read both names? Or that it’s too hard to vote for the name that appears second? Or that the order of the names implies some sort of ranking system?”
“Yes” to all. When I ran elections in the ‘80s, our ballots were printed with all names rotated from ballot to ballot, and within each race; it was a planning and printing nightmare! If eight people ran for Governor, there were eight ballots, and ditto for down-ballot races. It was learned that voters ARE too stupid to think, and they often DO pick the first one on a list.
Actually, that method is a good idea. Any other method is rather unfair - alphabetical by party always puts a certain one on top, and they’ll just change the official (but not advertised) name until we end up with the aaaaaaaaaa (aka Dem) party vs the aaaaaaaaa (aka Repub) party...
Probably one of the fairest ways to do it is by the Gov’s party. Not biased, as either party can hold the Governorship, it’d vary from state to state, occasionally change, and give an extra incentive to try harder to win that position.
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