| Dear Editor:
Mr. Tammeus wants voting machines yelling, "Hey, knucklehead . .
. " May I suggest a voting process providing a vote for "None
of the above," aka NOTA. For every candidate and for every
question the voter must be able to record a declination to choose.
It doesn't matter whether it's a butterfly ballot, an optically scanned
ballot or, the traditional paper ballot counted immediately after the
election by local citizens, not government officials--but that's a
discussion for another time. The NOTA vote eliminates any question
of "voter intent." The NOTA vote, should it
"win," would require new candidates for the office and another
election. A NOTA vote on a question, amendment, proposition
or whatever would indicate the irrelevance of the question.
Nevertheless, regarding the voting process my friend, Brad, is correct
when he says, "It's too bad ignorance isn't painful."
Jacques Tucker
Kansas City, MO |
