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Do We Need a Box for "Abstain"?
August 12 (Dale A. Oesterle)I offer another “no chance” academic recommendation: Add an “abstain” box to the ballot in all elections, for all candidates, and on all ballot issues. The number of “abstain” votes in any given election would provide a real choice for voters and also provide real information for political parties, election statisticians, and pundits. Furthermore, I would relish the chance to vote formally for “abstain” on the Presidential line on the ballot. I suspect that I am not alone. I would vote. I could be heard. And it would be the vote I want recorded. I do not want the absence of a recorded mark to be my vote.
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