On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Julian Mehnle wrote:
william(at)elan.net [william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net] wrote:
I think its best that right now we resolve this by saying that
"candidates are strongly encoraged not to vote for themeselves" and
hopefully everyone running understands that if we see that they did it
(and especially if it made a difference) that this would be looked upon
very negatively by majority of spf community.
First the argument was a purely scientific one: that votes for oneself
would be "wasted" because they would have no impact on the election result
(which of course cannot be taken for granted, but at least that was given
as the rationale).
Now you want to denounce voting for oneself on pseudo-moral grounds?
Sorry, I don't buy it. But I agree that it should be allowed, and then
voters may judge it for themselves. That's okay with me. :-)
Fine, we'll not mention it as there is no consensus and "moral discorangement"
in election procedures is no better then prohibition, I agree with that.
But I personally not going to vote for myself and I encorage other
candidates to do the same (on whatever grounds you like :)) so we're all
on equal terms.
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William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net