This recent supreme court decision made me think of a political situation and lawsuit from 2010 from the Senate campaign up in Alaska. I wanted to discuss the voter intent and you alls ideas on it.
In the states Republican primary it was sitting Senator Lisa Murkowski against Joe Miller. Miller won the primary running as the Tea Party candidate. Liza went on to run third party write-in and beat Miller and Dem Scott McAdams. Miller sued because Lisa won because they counted votes where her name was spelled wrong.
In general I think it is reasonable to accept the intent of the voters on this issue because I myself suck at spelling and it seems reasonable to me that merkowski/mercowske/whatever seem to be poor attempts at voting for the candidate.
On the other hand if a voter can't spell the candidate they support then are they informed enough to be making such a decision?
Voter Intent
This recent supreme court decision made me think of a political situation and lawsuit from 2010 from the Senate campaign up in Alaska. I wanted to discuss the voter intent and you alls ideas on it.
In the states Republican primary it was sitting Senator Lisa Murkowski against Joe Miller. Miller won the primary running as the Tea Party candidate. Liza went on to run third party write-in and beat Miller and Dem Scott McAdams. Miller sued because Lisa won because they counted votes where her name was spelled wrong.
In general I think it is reasonable to accept the intent of the voters on this issue because I myself suck at spelling and it seems reasonable to me that merkowski/mercowske/whatever seem to be poor attempts at voting for the candidate.
On the other hand if a voter can't spell the candidate they support then are they informed enough to be making such a decision?
Alaska Supreme Court ruled in favor of Murkowski
Thoughts?
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