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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by kibwen on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:34PM (#42836379)
I'm not sure who told you that casting a blank ballot represents a "protest vote", but I assure you that is not how our current voting system is set up.

To be clear, voting systems should have explicit options for protest votes; an explicit "I reject all candidates" option. Unfortunately, ours does not, by design; a blank ballot instead means "I endorse all candidates". Pretending otherwise will not change this.

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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by hammock on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:35PM (#42836388)
These people did. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_vote
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by dylan604 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:46PM (#42836460)
Playing the tape to the end, what happens is the protest votes win? Start a new election cycle? What happens if that cycle now extends past the end of the current admin’s term which cause their time in office to extend beyond 2 terms? How do you then prevent the incumbent from using that to their advantage to stay in office?

Jeebus, I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but dems the times we live in I guess.

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