Comments on: Campaigning http://decayingmorals.com/2008/05/14/campaigning/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lennie http://decayingmorals.com/2008/05/14/campaigning/#comment-17 Lennie Fri, 23 May 2008 16:34:50 +0000 http://decayingmorals.com/?p=5#comment-17 Vote swapping is where 2 people from different district or states agree to vote for each other candidates. An example would be like this for President this year. McCain has no chance to win in Illinois, but the race in Ohio will be close and votes for Bob Barr could make McCain lose. A person from Ohio wants to support the Libertarian Party, but knowing they can't win finds a person in Illinois who is willing to vote for Barr and in return the Ohio person votes for McCain. This serves 2 purposes. The Libertarian Party gets a higher percentage of the Popular Vote, Secondly it does not affect the outcome of the Presidential race, i.e. no spoiler. In the long run this strengthens the Libertarian or other third party by getting them better name recognition and an automatic placement on State ballots making it easier for them to run candidates in the future. Vote swapping was taken to court several years ago and was ruled Constitutional because it is a private agreement between two parties. I'll have to find the court case sometime if you want it. Vote swapping is where 2 people from different district or states agree to vote for each other candidates. An example would be like this for President this year.

McCain has no chance to win in Illinois, but the race in Ohio will be close and votes for Bob Barr could make McCain lose. A person from Ohio wants to support the Libertarian Party, but knowing they can’t win finds a person in Illinois who is willing to vote for Barr and in return the Ohio person votes for McCain.

This serves 2 purposes. The Libertarian Party gets a higher percentage of the Popular Vote, Secondly it does not affect the outcome of the Presidential race, i.e. no spoiler. In the long run this strengthens the Libertarian or other third party by getting them better name recognition and an automatic placement on State ballots making it easier for them to run candidates in the future.

Vote swapping was taken to court several years ago and was ruled Constitutional because it is a private agreement between two parties. I’ll have to find the court case sometime if you want it.

]]> By: lisa http://decayingmorals.com/2008/05/14/campaigning/#comment-14 lisa Fri, 23 May 2008 15:12:08 +0000 http://decayingmorals.com/?p=5#comment-14 Lennie, please explain "vote swapping". Thanks for commenting! Lennie, please explain “vote swapping”. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Lennie http://decayingmorals.com/2008/05/14/campaigning/#comment-6 Lennie Fri, 16 May 2008 02:19:40 +0000 http://decayingmorals.com/?p=5#comment-6 Unfortunately, Barr doesn't have much of a chance. Maybe this year we'll have to do some vote swapping to help out the popular vote total for the Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, Barr doesn’t have much of a chance. Maybe this year we’ll have to do some vote swapping to help out the popular vote total for the Libertarian Party.

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