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>>>I have a simple yet I think, elegant, solution to the problem: ensure that every ballot has a "None of the above" THAT GETS COUNTED and if it is the "winner" then the incumbent holds the office until, within 3 months, that election is repeated. Infinitely until a person wins.
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>>I like this idea. Even though this may create perpetual elections <g>.
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>But, if you do not allow any candidate to be a candidate twice, you purge the list quickly :)
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We will add this, also good suggestion, to Jim's idea.
>On the other hand, do not be surprised for the incumbent to campaign for the "None of the above" <g>
Anything to shake up the system is good, as far as I am concernend. I vote in every elections, local, regional, or national, since I became a citizen, and almost always vote against an incumbent.
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