Thursday, August 23, 2012

None of The Above Removed From Ballots

US District Judge Robert Jones has stricken down a Nevada law that allowed voters to select "none of the above" as an actual option whilst voting.

The option was placed in 1976, and has even managed to come out on top, in some primary elections.

However, Nevada law kept it from actually being able to win an election, only actual people can win an election.

It has been able to act as a spoiler in several elections, in one case over eight thousand voted for "none", while the final election was decided by less than five hundred votes.

Defenders of the law said that it was a way for voters to show their displeasure with the choices, yet still vote.

Judge Jones considered giving "none" the ability to win, and making it so that any positions left unfilled by it would be filled via governor's appointment.

But after further deliberations he felt that the best and only option was to remove "none" completely, and force voters to actually pick an option.

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