11/1 OK, this was on Fark, but it seemed interesting enough that the motd
would appreciate it: If someone votes early (by absentee or whatever)
and then dies before election day, should their vote count?
(No 'the dead already vote' trolls, please)
\_ It seems that it should. The act of voting becomes valid at the time
of voting, not at the time the results are tallied or the time the
polls close. -- ilyas
polls close. If someone has a heart attack on the way from the
polls, it's the same thing. To use a less controversial example --
if someone signs his will, and then dies minutes later, the will
is still valid. -- ilyas
\_ I sort of agree, but another way to look at it is that the
election only happens on one day, and early voting methods are
just a courtesy, and your actual vote only happens on election
day, so the dead have not really voted, just mailed in an intent
for their vote to happen.
It seems 'fairness' in this would usually be overshadowed by
partisanship, as in "Who would the recently deceased likely vote
for?"
\_ Your statement "the election only happens on one day" is
fundamentally flawed. You might want to start from there.
In most voting systems I of which I am aware, the vote is
cast in time once it is sealed or placed in a ballot box.
Once your dead person sealed their absentee ballot, it was
cast. :wq
cast.
\_ Except the law doesn't match what you just said in many
places. Sorry.
\_ Only if they voted for Kerry.
\_ You just proved my point -above poster |
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