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**HAL9000** · 11-01-2008, 02:45 PM

Ok, but using your own example, if they died on the way TO the polling station with intent to vote for a certain person, why would that intent not count.

In this scenario, we are talking about advance polling... is it official at that time? Is it official just because it is in the mail? Is it official at the time of signing it? I assume it must be witnessed.. is it official when they signed then died and at the same time witnessed? At what point is it an official ballot?... citome on now.. it took me 2 seconds to think of this and the US is well known for being a nation of ridiculous law suits... are you telling me that nobody else has thought of it as well?

This reminds me of a physics prof I had that mathematically showed us that if you have the intent to push a glass off of a table, it is already falling.... I still haven't figured that out.

11-01-2008, 02:45 PM	#11
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	Ok, but using your own example, if they died on the way TO the polling station with intent to vote for a certain person, why would that intent not count. In this scenario, we are talking about advance polling... is it official at that time? Is it official just because it is in the mail? Is it official at the time of signing it? I assume it must be witnessed.. is it official when they signed then died and at the same time witnessed? At what point is it an official ballot?... citome on now.. it took me 2 seconds to think of this and the US is well known for being a nation of ridiculous law suits... are you telling me that nobody else has thought of it as well? This reminds me of a physics prof I had that mathematically showed us that if you have the intent to push a glass off of a table, it is already falling.... I still haven't figured that out. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead. Last edited by HAL9000; 11-01-2008 at 02:47 PM.